It is nothing new for Australia to be locking up children in police cells or adult prisons. Once again, recently, an 11 year-old-girl spent a weekend at Karratha’s police station. This follows a 12 ...
On October 23, the chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine responded to this publication’s sustained coverage of the horrific suicide crisis among First Nations people and to my ...
Fred Hollows’ inspiration remains vivid around the world, his work in remote Australian communities and international hotspots to restore sight to many thousands lives on through all those who have ...
Many of us who are reading this article would not know of the finer detail of the White Australia policy. Let me tell you what it says in Wikipedia (in part): “Soon after Australia became a federation ...
In the argy bargy that has accompanied the introduction of the National Disability insurance Scheme (NDIS), particularly in Western Australia; you would be forgiven for imagining that either of the ...
Kimberley State parliamentarian, Kija Elder, Josie Farrer criticised the high cost of living for remote communities. Ms Farrer said that First Nations families are disproportionately hit by the high ...
For a long time I have written and spoken about the issues that we, as advocates in the Race area have had to put up with. However we have never gotten any support from governments of a number of ...
Miss Dhu’s death was confirmed at the Hedland Health Campus on August 4, 2014. A decade earlier, Mulrunji Doomadgee finished up dead on the concrete floor of the Palm Island police watch house, ...
Western Australia is the champion of racism and neglect, in doing over families, breaking them apart because of the bent of top politicians, lawmakers and officials that society should be one of merit ...
Katanning is a town located 277 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Southern Highway in the heart of Noongar Country. Katanning has a population of 4,000 and a history of a culture ...
There may need to be a Great Migration of Black peoples out of Western Australia and the Northern Territory or some sort of revolution. Wherever there are significant Black population masses ...
The formidable Walmadany (James Price Point) campaigner, Senior Law Boss, Mr Roe has died. Mr Roe leaves behind his partner, his two children, his mother, a matriarch of her people, Teresa Roe and his ...