We are in the middle of the 50th NAIDOC Week, which makes it a good time to remember its founders.The National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee was set up after the protest called the Day of Mourning in 1938,… Continue Reading
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK · 27/5 – 3/6 2026 · “ALL IN” Written by Larissa Minniecon, ABM Truth-telling and Reconciliation Missioner After 29 years of asking, a First Nations Anglican voice calls the church to step off the sidelines and finally… Continue Reading
Patrick Parkinson AM The tragic death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby has led to vigorous debate about whether our policy settings are right in terms of protection of Aboriginal children. The NT government wants to amend the legislation. Prof. Megan… Continue Reading
Uncle Ray Minniecon, who was booed at the Anzac Dawn service in Sydney, has written a submission to the “Racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People,” inquiry currently underway in Federal Parliament. A JUST RESPONSE… Continue Reading
A media release from Sydney Anglican Media Archbishop Kanishka Raffel has decried the “deeply repugnant” treatment of Aboriginal Elder Uncle Ray Minniecon at an Anzac Day service, as the Diocese prepares to hear the “untold stories” of Indigenous Anglicans. “Uncle… Continue Reading
I’d like to think that Australians have learned from Adam Goodes, that booing indigenous Australians is disgraceful. Maybe that’s too optimistic. What appears to be an organised attempt to have people boo the Welcome to Country or acknowledgement of Country… Continue Reading
Aboriginal Sunday was the brainchild of Aboriginal Christian leader William Cooper and the Australian Aborigines League, and is held each year, the Sunday before January 26. The annual commemoration’s origins lie in the Day of Protest on January 26, 1938, held… Continue Reading
Professor, journalist and author, Wiradjuri man Stan Grant drew on sociologist Zigmunt Bauman’s characterisation of the present age as “liquid modernism” in painting a bleak picture of the new generation trapped in identity politics at the Richard Johnson memorial lecture,… Continue Reading
For over 20 years, First Nations Bush Chaplain Julia Lennon (Picured) has faithfully served the people of Oodnadatta. The town, 1000 km north of Adelaide, once a bustling railhead, is now a home to an indigenous community. Without a permanent… Continue Reading
Since 1975, NAIDOC Week, a full week to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has been observed by Australians. It is built on the 1938 Day of Mourning protest organised by William Cooper, first… Continue Reading