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The imperial mind
IT IS A common vanity among humans that our ascent is an exponential trajectory applauded by gods. Our religions encourage...
Owning the science
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH has an important role to play in the fundamental debate Australians are now having about the...
The voice of Indigenous data
THE ULURU STATEMENT from the Heart is essentially the same missive as sent by Tasmanians Walter and Mary Anne...
Imagining abolition
Proportionally, we are the most incarcerated people on the planet. We are not an innately criminal people. Our children...
A question of value
IN AUGUST 2016, I stood on the sacred ceremonial grounds of the Yolngu, the people of north-east Arnhem Land,...
Preparing the treaty generation
ON 25 JULY 2016 I was in a paediatric roundtable at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, where we discussed early...
Resilience and reconstruction
Wiyi yani, Galinda yani 'All women, all girls' Wina nginyji: Mimi, Ngowiji, Ngarranyi, Ngawiy, Jugu, Manay, Ngaja, Manggay, Gunday, Jimarri, 'Whether you...
For her, we must
I LISTENED TO the radio broadcast of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Closing the Gap address in parliament on 12...
The commons and the Commonwealth
HIDDEN INSIDE THE Commonwealth – both the word and the idea – is a crucial concept: the commons. A...
Launching off the edge
IT IS AN unseasonably wet August in the Rift Valley Province town of Iten. For two days it has...
Learning from experience
I FOUNDED WOW – Women of the World Festival eight years ago out of sadness and love, and my...
Not all bad
DEAR FORMER BRITISH Colonial Oppressors, I have an important message for you, which is being delivered rather late. Sorry about...
