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Labor leader Anthony Albanese has become Australia’s 31st Prime Minister, signalling a left-wing turning point in national politics after almost a decade of…

The geographical distribution of deprivation in my home state of Queensland is broadly similar to patterns in other states and territories. A small minority of localities, mostly situated outside Greater Brisbane, suffer from disproportionately high rates of a wide array of problems including low income, overcrowding, long-term unemployment, particulate matter in the air, no internet, child maltreatment, and youth crime. These different strands of disadvantage pile-up and interlock, countering a...

Since the British invasion of Gadigal land at Sydney Cove in 1788, race relations in Australia have been underscored by what Wiradjuri writer Jack Gibson describes as the “supremeness of whiteness”. Narratives of Indigenous inferiority and deficiency, combined with paternalistic policies, have produced a cultural climate where non-Indigenous voices have often dominated debate on matters of concern and importance to Indigenous communities. However, in recent years, Indigenous journalists and...

Foreign policy is an expression of a state’s fundamental values. It’s the outward face of every government, representing its aspirations in the international system. A state’s foreign policy can often convey strength, but also reveal weakness. While Australia has enjoyed a strong international standing in recent decades, there has been no real recognition within our foreign policy of the diverse First Nations that have long inhabited this land. First Nations people are excluded from this ...

Indigenous people have not created the space in which the community we love is reduced to stereotypes of deficit, disadvantage and dysfunction. That space has been created for us over 230 years.It must change.

Implement all actions from the [email protected] report Implement the Uluru Statement From the Heart Create sufficient stock of quality social housing so that housing becomes a right, not a wait list Acknowledge women’s lifetime earning deficit with a corresponding discount on all tertiary education and bonus on superannuation Implement minimum 40% management/board quotas for all public bodies, political parties and publicly owned companies Pay childcare workers and aged care workers like th...

The colonisers did not want to acknowledge our presence as people. Morrison’s argument was all about lauding “honours” on the colonial “foundations” upon which he claims “our nation has been built”. In any case, any platitudes he utters about including Aboriginal people are empty words. The reality is that Morrison’s government — as with every recent Australian government — is actively undermining the struggle for Aboriginal rights. The federal government has taken no meanin...

Australia Tweaks Anthem to Recognize Indigenous History The words “we are young and free” were changed to “we are one and free.” The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have lived on the continent for more than 60,000 years. Olivia Fox, right, sang Australia’s national anthem in the Indigenous Eora language before a Tri Nations rugby match in Sydney on Dec. 5.Credit...Dean Lewins/EPA, via Shutterstock Dec. 31, 2020 The lyrics of Australia’s national anthem have been altered...