As retiring Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney declared history would look kindly upon the Voice effort,Liberal MP Julian Leeser lamented the “national silence” that has existed since its defeat.
Eight months after the vote,one of the architects of the Voice to Parliament says her people have endured far worse and are not giving up.
Justin Mohamed is Australia’s first diplomat for Indigenous issues. He is determined to make sure his people’s voices are heard around the world.
Some of us were prepared for the outcome of the referendum. What none of us were prepared for was the shift in the behaviour of a certain section of society.
The former minister for Indigenous Australians thought he knew everything about the heartache of his people. Then he read about the treatment of his forebears.
“The reason why I say that I think the nature of our society nowadays is such that we won’t see these big,grand social projects or social gestures,” WA Premier Roger Cook said.
Writer Tony Birch reflects on how Miles Franklin Award-winner Kim Scott has intrigued and inspired him.
The journalists work together,watch TV together – then there’s the tattoos ...
Indigenous dancer Thomas ES Kelly says his work SILENCE has a message for all Australians.
The views described as an “outward racist ideology” lit up parliament,the media,and parts of community. Emails and texts now shed light on internal responses.
Never more than in the past week have we seen national discussion on major issues marked by the mass silencing of everyone outside the extremes.