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Environment Minister tells Yoorrook state intentionally cut Traditional Owner groups out of billion-dollar windfall
Victoria’s Environment Minister has revealed the legal frameworks that enabled land to be taken from Indigenous people excluded First Peoples…
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Friday essay: ‘too many Aboriginal babies’ – Australia’s secret history of Aboriginal population control in the 1960s
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article may contain images of deceased people. The Conversation It contains…
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The crimson thread of racism festers in the darker interstices of Australian culture
In 1890 Henry Parkes spoke of “The crimson thread of kinship running through us all.” Allan Patience Pearls and Irritations…
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Kerr calling a cop a ‘white bastard’ isn’t reverse racism — precedent proves it
If anyone was going to pull off the world’s first reverse milkshake duck and stick the landing, it’d be Sam…
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Black wealth is increasing, but so is the racial wealth gap
Between 2019 and 2022, median wealth increased by $51,800, but the racial wealth gap increased by $49,950—adding up to a…
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Trump’s long fascination with ‘good genes’ and bloodlines gets fresh scrutiny
Towards the end, he wrapped up with standard lines from his stump speech and praise for the state’s pioneer lineage.…
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16-12-2023 – George Bizos ICON: Film Screening
Agora Dialogue presents a special tribute documentary on George Bizos, the highly esteemed lawyer of Nelson Mandela ‘George Bizos ICON’…
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As we mourn Benjamin Zephaniah’s death, learn this lesson from his brilliant life
Here are some things we know about the late, gone-too-soon Benjamin Zephaniah. Hugh Muir The Guardian He was a prominent Rastafarian…
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Seventy-Five
The realities of international relations need not contradict a natural basis for universal human rights norms. Vincent J. Carchidi The…
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Is Israel to blame? The role of confirmation bias and antisemitism in the current war
The tragedy of October 7 is now etched into history as the largest genocide of the Jewish people since the…
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Tens of thousands march in Paris against antisemitism
Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris on Sunday against rising antisemitism witnessed in France since October 7, when the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel, killing…
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In the aftermath of the voice referendum, how can we unbork a polarised Australia? Here are three ways forward
Regardless of how Australians feel about the result of the referendum, it’s pretty clear the campaign was divisive and featured…
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Inside South Africa’s Operation Dudula vigilantes: ‘Why we hate foreigners’
BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members of the country’s most-prominent anti-migrant street movement. Ayanda Charlie in Johannesburg…
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Life insurers can charge more or decline cover based on your genetic test results. New laws must change this
They can help diagnose disease, enable access to preventive care, prompt early screening and treatment, and guide patients’ therapeutic options.…
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Australian Teen Locked in Solitary Confinement for 500 Days
Imagine being locked alone in a tiny cell for over 20 hours a day and for more than 500 days…
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Dehumanisation, animalisation: inside the terrible world of Swiss human zoos
After a stay in Leukerbad, James Baldwin affirmed: Letizia Gaja Pinoja The Conversation “From all available evidence, no black man…
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