A niggling childhood memory sends the writer on a journey of discovery about her land-grabbing forefathers – and what she finds is deeply troubling for her.
From local councils to sporting ovals and the steps of parliament,the Welcome to Country ceremony performed by Indigenous elders has been targeted in a debate about cost and custom.
The opposition leader’s rhetoric has prompted opponents to accuse him of “grotesque”,trumped-up politics. But do the times suit him?
Professor Megan Davis was at her mother’s housing commission home in south-east Queensland when she got the call she would receive the highest Order of Australia award.
Aside from the odd snarl,the PM isn’t taking the Coalition’s bait. But just because he refuses to take the bait doesn’t mean his Labor colleagues won’t.
Australians have strongly backed January 26 as the national day after years of argument about changing the date,lifting support to a clear majority.
The one-time Labor Party president turned anti-Voice campaigner is running in one of the few seats that voted “yes” for the Indigenous body.
The opposition leader’s decision to start a debate about the Indigenous flag comes just as he is about to reveal the cost of his nuclear policy. That timing is revealing.
Pollsters believe the Albanese government’s in trouble. But the Coalition must still defy history,and overcome a significant seat deficit,to win power.
The last time anyone shouted from the press gallery,an abject apology was required to save the offender from trial by parliament. What now for Lidia Thorpe?