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Today is the first time I have addressed the Press Club as the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians.It is the second time I have been given the opportunity to address the National Press Club.The first was in November of 2016 when I stood alongside Marcia Langton and Josephine Cashman to address the critical issue of family violence and sexual abuse in Aboriginal
While the federal government plays politics on The Voice in an effort to divide our nation, a Senate Committee on Indigenous issues is underway and conducting hearings we are unlikely to hear much – if anything – about from Labor.
The yes campaign is being driven by three collectives with a shared history, while the no side has been more reluctant to share its plans
The family of an Aboriginal girl who died after she was sexually abused in a remote Northern Territory community has welcomed calls for an inquiry into Indigenous child sex abuse.
In March, three Indigenous women flew to Canberra in an attempt to draw attention to a horror story playing out in their communities. These were Alice Springs Deputy Mayor Jacinta Price; and Cheron and Meesha Long, cousins of 15-year-old Layla Leering, who died in 2017 after apparently being sexually assaulted in the Northern Territory. Layla’s death—along with that of two other girls, Fionica Yarranganlagi James and Keturah Cheralyn Mamarika—has been the subject of a coroner’s inquest, and has brought renewed attention to the threat that Indigenous girls and women face within their o...