A Bundjalung woman's journey to uncover her family history reveals the cataclysmic impact of colonisation on Aboriginal families, and how this ripples through to the present. It also shows how family research can bring a deeper understanding and healing of the wounds in our history.
The key messages are: there is some evidence that governments demonstrate ability and willingness to partner in shared decision-making but change is not occurring; accountability is limited; progress is falling short of envisaged expectations.
This report was handed to the Joint Council on Closing the Gap on 24 January 2024 and publicly released on 7 February 2024. This is the Productivity Commission’s first review of progress on the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. The key message of this report is that fundamental changes are required to deliver on the Agreement.
The original 1990 Satellite Dreaming TV program traced Indigenous media work in Australia to that point and this website takes the story further. Has essays, a timeline and references to media milestones and important works, such as the movies Samson and Delilah (2009) and Sweet Country (2017), and the TV series Redfern Now (2013).
Compiled by Belinda Mason and Dieter Knierim from Blur Projects, this is a photographic exhibition (with accompanying personal stories) depicting dozens of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have served in the Australian Defence Force. The photographs are beautiful, the stories often revealing, but the very occasional references (we found about five from more than 200 people) to First Nations warriors defending Country but not serving in the ADF (that is, references to the Frontier Wars) are guarded and wary. They are, of course, entitled to be that way if that is the feeling of the people speaking. The website has an introduction from Governor-General David Hurley, who notes that 'Australia’s First Nations peoples have a long tradition of serving in the Australian Defence Force'. The Department of Veterans' Affairs is one of eight Supporters of the exhibition.