“And from all the lands on earth we come” by Suresh Rajan February 14th, 2014 What can bring together a Palestinian/Egyptian, a Lebanese/Australian, a Bangladeshi, an Iranian, an Indian/Kenyan, a Pakistani and others to discuss their formative years? That almost sounds like the first line of a host of particularly unfunny jokes along the lines of “An Irishman, […]
Read More400 suicides of ATSI peoples in last three years by Gerry Georgatos January 25th, 2014 Image – www.nacchocommunique.com Last year, I aggregated Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) hospital collated data on reported suicides of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – 996 suicides from 2001 to 2010. That is 1 in 24 of all deaths of Aboriginal and […]
Read MorePilger unleashed! On Thursday 23rd January I was a guest of Robert and Selina Eggington of the Dumbartung Corporation at a preview screening of the film “Utopia” by John Pilger. My thanks go to them and others at the screening for an evening of great understanding and learning. Utopia is defined as a “community or society […]
Read MoreIt wasn’t even funny! by Suresh Rajan December 1st, 2013 Monty Panesar – Image, www.telegraph.co.uk Picture this: The Australian Cricket Board Chairman’s XI is playing against the visiting English team. The match is being played in Alice Springs. A spinner who has played for England 48 times in test matches, 26 times in One Day Internationals, and taken […]
Read MoreALSWA says hurry up & implement recommendations by Gerry Georgatos December 3rd, 2013 Dennis Eggington – Image, www.caama.com.au The Aboriginal Legal Services Western Australia (ALSWA) has endorsed a recent report by a parliamentary inquiry committee into police services and custodial situations. ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington however said that endorsement is one thing and implementation of the recommendations another […]
Read MoreWhat is Lateral Violence? Back in 2012 the sad news of the passing of a young girl in a remote community who was subjected to ongoing lateral violence really impacted on us here at Lateral Love. As part of our going back to the beginning posts we are revisiting Part 2 today to remind ourselves […]
Read MoreAttending the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples Round Table on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse held on Tuesday 26th November 2013 in Sydney, New South Wales pictured above (not in order) included: Sharron Williams, Les Malezer, Jim Morrison, Brian Butler, Rosie Baird, Lindon Coombes, Frank Hytten, Kirsty Parker, Antoinette […]
Read MoreTHE REWARD FOR PUBLIC LIFE IS PUBLIC PROGRESS1: AN APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC LIFE OF THE HON. E.G. WHITLAM AC QC PRIME MINISTER 1972-1975 2013 WHITLAM ORATION Noel Pearson2 Whitlam Institute University of Western Sydney 13 November 2013 In his 97th year, in this third oration in honour of Australia’s 21st prime minister, I use […]
Read MoreNov 13, 2013 Noel Pearson has tonight delivered a stunning Whitlam Oration, honouring “the old man” who led the reforming government of 1972-75. Pearson called not just for Indigenous recognition in the Australian Constitution but elimination of the race power in Section 25 and the insertion of a provision outlawing racial discrimination. Pearson, a lawyer […]
Read MoreStatement from Rev. Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM (Aboriginal elder of Arnhem land) Dated: 6th November 2013 ‘Dismantling the Land Rights Act (NT) 1976’ I express my deep concern at the actions of the Abbott Government as evidenced by the behaviour of the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion, in hastily procuring MOUs on township leases for […]
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