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Clancestry Conversation Series
No full textThe Clancestry Conversation series forms part of QPAC's Clancestry Festival which is an annual celebration of the arts and cultural practices of the world's First Nations Peoples with a particular focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Andrew Bolt isn't a racist, but ...
No full textThe Coalition's push to make changes to the Racial Discrimination Act was in part a response to a court ruling that Andrew Bolt had breached the Act over his comments about Aboriginal Australians. Here, Chelsea Bond revisits the newspaper columnist's treatment of Aboriginality, explaining that race is more than skin deep
The 'rise' of Aboriginal women, from domesticated cow to cash cow
No full textThe recent claims from former Queensland Labor MP Gary Johns that “a lot of poor women in this country, a large proportion of whom are Aboriginal, are used as cash cows” who are “kept pregnant and producing children for the cash” are somewhat alarming, but not surprising..
Starting with strengths : an Indigenous early years intervention
No full textAboriginal protocol usually links the right to tell a story with a\ud
declaration of involvement or connection to the story.\ud
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I am Aboriginal . . . I am a woman, daughter, sister, aunty and\ud
wife. I am also a mother to three beautiful children aged 6, 4\ud
and 2 years. To my children at this point in their lives, I am\ud
their provider, nurturer, teacher, cook, taxi driver, mediator,\ud
stylist, Elder, slave, and expert on all there is to know in\ud
the world. Being the centre of the universe to three\ud
impressionable young minds is a role that I cherish\ud
deeply, and I take the responsibilities of it very\ud
seriously. I love the job of parenting. As any parent\ud
would agree, it is the most challenging and difficult\ud
job of all, but the opportunity to bring a life into the\ud
world and shape and mould a little person into a big\ud
person brings rewards that no career can
Beyond the dotted drawings : the Aboriginal Health Worker and health promotion practice
No full textAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers' roles have changed over the years as the profession has shifted far beyond the mere provision of a cultural brokerage service. Important achievements have been made in enhancing the biomedical role of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait health worker, even though this is not the only area of expertise they need to possess
Nothing new in Indigenous reform agenda
No full textIndigenous leader Pat Dodson – who revealed he has met Prime Minister Tony Abbott only once, and then in passing – said last week that removal of frontline services from Indigenous organisations working towards Closing the Gap in Indigenous health “would seem counter intuitive to any fair-minded Australian”. But that, he said in this Age OpEd, has been the result of the Federal Government’s much-awaited Indigenous Advancement Strategy..
SBS’s First Contact is the real ‘festering sore’ of the nation
No full textThe SBS/Blackfella Films production First Contact – that takes six non-Indigenous people and immerses them into Aboriginal Australia for the first time – captured the nation’s attention this week amassing a television audience nearing 1 million viewers, while the program’s Twitter hashtag #FirstContactSBS trended worldwide.\ud
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Over the three episodes, we saw the participants get their “first contact” with Aboriginal Australia as they were welcomed into the homes of Aboriginal people in the city and in the bush..
Why I will celebrate NAIDOC Week next year
No full textThe Guardian recently published an article by Nakkiah Lui, a Gamillaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman and writer, titled “Why this year’s NAIDOC week will be my last”.\ud
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In response, Dr Chelsea Bond, an Aboriginal (Munanjahli) and South Sea Islander Australian and a senior lecturer with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland, explains why she will continue to celebrate NAIDOC Week – as an act of agency
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