The law seemed to fail Boonie Hilt, a thirty-six year old Aboriginal man, but there were small victories along the way, writes Gillian Cowlishaw
07 Jul 10 Comments (0)The strange career of the Australian conscience
Dean Ashenden traces the collaboration between anthropologists Baldwin Spencer and Frank Gillen, “bearers, shapers and captives of the Australian conscience”
10 Jun 10 Comments (2)Palm Island to Bennelong Point
CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson reviews the Message Sticks Film Festival – including the “utterly unexpected” Boxing for Palm Island
12 May 10 Comments (0)Windschuttle, again
BOOKS | Keith Windschuttle brings the temperament of a barrister to his latest subject, the stolen generations, writes Dean Ashenden
15 Mar 10 Comments (4)Reviewing Indigenous history in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia
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)
