I was reminded by email of this publication (pdf) which I had read before doing my The Self-Satisfaction of the Epistemically Broken post but had slipped my mind. A pity, because it provides further and better particulars ( Read more... )

Over forty years ago, in 1965, a case pursuing social justice for indigenous Australia was underway. It was the The Northern Territory Cattle Industry Case of 1965-6. The simple proposition, and surely unimpeachable, principle of equality before the law was to be applied to Aboriginal workers in the pastoral industry ( Read more... )

I have a very big problem with the “Sorry” because of the way it frames the issues about the treatment of indigenous Australians ( Read more... )

On Monday, Dr Anna Blainey gave a talk on the historical controversy between Keith Windschuttle and Harry Read (who did research that the Bringing Them Home Report substantially relied on) about the removal of Aboriginal Children in New South Wales in the first part of the C20th.

It was hosted by Prodos as part of his Celebrate Capitalism campaign ( Read more... )

The Australian public support the stolen children apology but not compensation. Support for the apology rose 13%points in two weeks (pdf).

I am told that the term Stolen Generations has a somewhat different usage within indigenous communities, applying to any breakdown in contact between generations for whatever reason from the disruptions of ( Read more... )

Paul Keating on Suharto: More than any figure in the post-Second World War period, including any American president, Soeharto, by his judgment, goodwill and good sense, had the greatest positive impact on Australia's strategic environment and, hence, on its history.

The attacks on their President and PM and the problems of Timor Leste: as in ( Read more... )

On Monday, was at Terang Secondary College, a small (370 kids) public school in a Western District town past Colac, doing a combined session of Arms & Armour out under some trees and then two sessions of Heraldry. The kids were lovely. Indeed, it was very noticeable how polite and friendly they were, just interacting with them at recess and ( Read more... )

Two elections ago, Noel Pearson gave a speech in which he talked about the social collapse in indigenous communities, the need for social order and the complementary failures of both sides of politics.

He has some blunt things to say about progressivists and their effects: In important policy areas, the political Left is dominated by ( Read more... )

A podcast of J.Ho’s speech on indigenous affairs is available via a link through here. (Transcript is here [pdf].) The speech very much comes across as someone reflecting on a Premiership that, one way or another, is coming to an end in the next Parliament ( Read more... )

Rafe Champion has posted here Mal Brough’s recent speech at Melbourne University on the Federal interventions in indigenous communities in the Northern Territory ( Read more... )