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Legal activism undermines our rights
Stable and well-understood laws underpin our business and personal arrangements. Laws originally were derived from texts like those written down...
Aboriginal Policy: Romantics and Realists
The major parties' Aboriginal policy is a contest between romantics and realists. The split is not strictly along party lines. The Federal...
ATSIC and Labor
Mark Latham's announcement of the Labor party's intention, if elected, to abolish ATSIC is designed to trump the government, which is still...
Commonwealth Plays Catch-Up in Aboriginal Affairs
Secondary school age Aboriginal children who live in remote communities are returning to boarding schools in regional centres around Australia....
Aboriginal Separatism Has Failed-So Let's Stop Funding It
The interim report of the review of ATSIC, released this week, owes its life to the two political bullies who run ATSIC, Geoff Clark and Ray...
Integration the Only Way to Break the Cycle of Despair
Another day, another story of Aboriginal tragedy in a remote community. The Australian newspaper's report of publicans selling alcohol to...
Look for Strength in the Mainstream
When Australians voted overwhelmingly in favour of the 1967 Referendum, it is inconceivable that they wanted Aborigines to develop separately from...
Cause and Effects
Times are difficult for those who seek to demonstrate their moral superiority over other Australians by trumpeting their support for Aboriginal...
Secrets & Lies
Is it possible to distinguish genuine Aboriginal traditions from those that have been invented recently for cynical motives? Last week's...
Assimilation Offers New Hope
Supporters of Aboriginal rights are worried that the current round of revelations about the culture of violence that afflicts many Aboriginal...