CINEMA | On the eve of the “Baz Luhrmann’s Australia Reviewed” conference at the National Museum of Australia, convenors Shino Konishi and Maria Nugent survey responses to the film’s engagement with Indigenous history
04 Dec 09 Comments (2)Driven into action
BOOKS | Ian Anderson reviews Peter Sutton’s unsettling account of Indigenous policy, The Politics of Suffering
23 Nov 09 Comments (0)Battle over a war
For three decades the Australian War Memorial has been the focus of a struggle between two ways of knowing the past, writes Dean Ashenden
02 Jun 09 Comments (0)The new black
Sylvia Lawson reviews Warwick Thornton’s Samson and Delilah and this year’s Message Sticks festival
19 May 09 Comments (3)Grand plans
Two major reports on violence against women and children show a growing level of commitment by the federal government. Now it’s time to take the next steps, writes Susan Harris Rimmer
14 May 09 Comments (0)More than rights
Dependency and marginalisation are as important as race in judging the success of the Northern Territory Intervention, argues Francesca Merlan
11 Mar 09 Comments (1)Is the media part of the Aboriginal health problem, and part of the solution?
Is the media stopping us from seeing the real problems and doing something about them, asks Melissa Sweet
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Secret history
The South Australian government is denying access to key documents about the illegal removal of Aboriginal children, writes Cameron Raynes
25 Feb 09 Comments (4)“We know each other, but we’re not loving… That’s what the state ward took from us”
Annette’s story is not just another addition to Australia’s “stolen generation” narrative, writes Gillian Cowlishaw
13 Feb 09 Comments (2)
