I keep not talking about things due to lack of spoons, so instead I offer some posts by other people:

United Nations: Elder’s heatstroke death in police van possible torture or inhuman punishment
The United Nations has now requested information on the death by police of a Ngaanyatjarra (near Warburton) Aboriginal elder and community worker last ( Read more... )

EDIT 2: I'm not at a point where I can fix the many issues with this post, so rather than trying to fix it will just put it under a cut and advise you to scroll by :/
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This is a documentary I saw on the NITV cable channel (I had no idea this existed!). Not sure where else you can see it in full but Australian Screen has clips and teacher's notes and an email address to ask for a full copy ( Read more... )

ABC article: Evidence Aussies funding terrorist groups: McClelland

I don't have anything to say on the content of the article, or the merit of McClelland's argument, but on the way it's written. Namely, it could have been "MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS FUNDING TERRORISM OMG" but wasn't (in tone. You could argue that that's still the contentI really like the ( Read more... )

Campaign tackles anti-Indigenous prejudice

A series of ads running from today on posters, television and in newspapers show the faces of two Australians side by side - One Indigenous and one non-Indigenous ( Read more... )

I've been avoiding posting about race issue involving aboriginal australians because I feel guilty about how shallow my understanding is and worried I'll hurt/misinform people(*). But I decided that short and shallow was better than nothing, everyone please let me know if this bothers you.

So: Government rejects 'filthy' tag for Uluru communityThe ( Read more... )

The Age: Indians told to keep low profile

INDIAN students will be taught not to speak loudly in their native tongue or display signs of wealth such as iPods when travelling on trains at night, as part of a strategy to crack down on violent robberies.I just..no words. I thought people only made these sorts of arguments about women (but maybe I tend ( Read more... )

I don't have any very helpful commentary on this because it's not something I feel much qualified to talk about (especially since the racial dynamic on the east coast is a bit different to that here in the west) but I thought it was worth mentioning.

So: As I'm sure a lot of you know there's been a lot of racial violence in Sydney.

There's a new ( Read more... )

Quickhit: Is the WA government going to try to pre-empt Stolen Wages legal action? (on Hoyden about Town ( Read more... )

Just to let any australians know, this Friday (the 13th) there are events and breakfasts all over the country organised to commemorate the apology to the Stolen Generations ( Read more... )