If the Voice referendum is lost on 14 October, the Prime Minister will have to confront some diabolically difficult challenges, and quickly pivot to the role of healer-in-chief.
Jacinta Walsh’s great grandmother navigated oppressive policies her entire life, and didn’t have a public voice. Now, however, through the family’s storytelling, she does.
In a new book, Melissa Castan and Professor Lynette Russell write that the proposed Voice to Parliament will enhance, not damage, our democratic institutions.
Truth-telling may have spoiled the enjoyment of the royal event for some, but could also be received as an opportunity for learning, and coming together.
A constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament would demonstrate that Australia is a mature nation, but misinformation is muddying the waters.
As the death toll mounts from the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, research is underway to utilise facial recognition technology to identify victims in future catastrophes.
An analysis of 82 million words has revealed that the relative attention Australia’s news and opinion pieces gave to First Nations peoples began to grow steadily from about 2005, with a huge peak in 2007.
Embedding First Nations content into the national curriculum is a discussion that needs to go beyond the spotlight of Australia Day.
Moderated by Dr Susan Carland, the panel discussion ‘Racism: It stops with…..?’, brought together some of the foremost leaders working to understand and battle racism today. Listen to part one of the conversation now.
The experts uncover some of the policies and initiatives needed for change, and the role of localised actions as part of the solution.
Monash University Architect Shelley Penn AM’s commitment is to enrich society by refining the built environment.
If our education system is truly committed to reconciliation, we must first actively support the acknowledgment of our past.
To maintain the integrity of our history, and the ability to tell our stories about our nation, the government should fully commit to the digital transformation of these fragile records.
The stories of Indigenous massacres at the hands of colonists need to be told, but there are doubts the War Memorial should host them.
Australia’s first female Indigenous ambassador, Julie-Ann Guivarra, is now focusing her diplomatic lens on gender equality.
Can architecture be a tool for acknowledging Australia’s original inhabitants?
A new poll shows nearly two-thirds of Australians want an Australian head of state. A new republic model, however, would require compromise to succeed.
When police adopt a military philosophy, the community is divided into those to be protected, and those seen as a threat – and that's most often defined along racial lines.
At this time, we need to accept that a powerful healing influence can only be launched when a society knows and acknowledges all episodes of its history.
Rhetoric and hypocrisy can still be seen everywhere in the reconciliation space, and while protests are occurring across Australia in response to the #blacklivesmatter crisis in the US, we shouldn't ignore our own history.
John Bradley was just a teenager when his eyes and ears were opened to kincentric ecology and Indigenous knowledge.
There's deep concern for the impact a second or third COVID-19 wave could have on Indigenous Australians.
Meet Graham Hawke, the BOM’s backroom strategist helping climate-sensitive industries and governments prepare for future weather events.
With more than 800,000 Rohingya having now fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, a large-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding. But boycotts or sanctions are not the best options.
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