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New report highlights ripple effects of the Stolen Generations

Stolen Generations and their descendants have been telling us for many years about the extent of trauma caused by the forced removal of children from families. Today we publish statistical evidence of that lived experience and the pain our people have had to endure over a lifetime.

Put your dog whistles away, the “final solution” is here

Fraser Anning's speech is the latest step in a downward spiral towards blatant racism and intolerance in Australian politics.

Self-determination is community control

Pita Pita man and Save the Children’s Domestic Campaigns Co-ordinator Peter Nathan writes, many Aboriginal organisations are raising the bar (and their voices) to ensure community-controlled services are not just a pipe dream, but rather the preferred model. This is self-determination.

Bolt’s Utopia is our Dystopia

Daniel James responds to one of Andrew Bolt's recent columns in which Bolt laments the "colonising" of Australian suburbs by immigrants.

Victorian Government tackling youth crime by criminalising youth

Yorta Yorta woman Nerita Waight writes about the Victorian Government's new 'anti-association' laws and the potential impact they might have on Aboriginal youth.

Why I am opting out of My Health Record

Yorta Yorta man, Daniel James explains why he will be opting out of the government's My Health Record scheme.

Just my story – part 5

The NDIA have turned my beautiful family’s life upside down...

Lidia Thorpe, Member for Northcote

Lidia Thorpe MP, talks to IndigenousX about her role as the first Aboriginal woman in the Victorian Parliament.

Australia is not a multicultural country

The First Fleet, and all those white people who came from Europe following the First Fleet, were not immigrants. They were settler-colonials.

Blind Justice? Not in our experience.

Indigenous people's lives are immaterial when they are inside, the risk of death is very real to us. The pursuit of justice is our greatest fight in history and one heavily resisted. Justice is not blind.

Beyond NAIDOC 2018: Our responsibility to elevate and celebrate the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

Aboriginal women are strong and resilient. They have wisdom and they have the answers, when will policy makers realise that #BecauseOfHerWeCan?

NOW NAIDOC WEEK IS OVER IT’S TIME TO ACT

Now that NAIDOC Week is over Rachael Hocking lists some of the actions you can take until next NAIDOC.

Because of her love – we are fierce

Indigenous women weather the trauma of past and present violence, oppression and policy to fight for a better future. #BecauseOfHer

This NAIDOC Week, I want to acknowledge my sisters in jail.

Despite being 3% of the overall population, Aboriginal women make up 34% of the prison population. Dr Jackie Huggins AO, asks us to think of those women this NAIDOC week and why there is such a disparity.

Honouring Her and Her within me

The awesome and formidable power of the Gumbaynggirr Woman configured Country and natural Lore and continues to permeate the spirits of those of us today who respect and draw upon this divine, innate source of strength weaved within the DNA of our lands and our bodies.

Indigenous academic women, because of her, we can.

Kamilaroi woman, and researcher at the University of Newcastle Amy Thunig writes about the strength of Indigenous women in academia. How their role is intrinsically linked to politics and activism.

Wild Women and Rebel Girls

Karen Wyld goes back in time to acknowledge some of the strong Aboriginal women that continue to give us strength. #BecauseOfHerWeCan

#BecauseOfHerWeCan

CATSINAM CEO and Narrunga Kaurna woman, Janine Mohamed celebrates NAIDOC week and the extraordinary Aboriginal nurses that have worked to serve their people.

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