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Was journalist denied Indian visa because of Adani story?

2018-02-06T19:26:21+11:00February 6th, 2018|

Amruta Slee, '"It's about Adani": Did India deny me a journalist's visa because of a story?', Late Night Live, ABC Radio National, 6 February 2018. Read more at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-06/visa-fiasco-poses-questions-about-indian-democracy-adani/9399700

Captain Cook and first contact

2018-02-06T19:19:53+11:00February 4th, 2018|

In 1770 when Captain James Cook sailed to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus, there was an ulterior motive for the voyage--the 'discovery' and claiming, in the name of England's King  George III, of Terra Australis Incognita, the 'unknown southern continent'. He ignored the fact that people hand been [...]

No specific day can be Australia Day: Michael Anderson

2022-10-28T10:49:33+11:00January 24th, 2018|

Michael Anderson speaking at the Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra, Australia, 26 January 2017. Photo: Jane Morrison Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their supporters call this national holiday on 26 January, 'the Day of Mourning', 'Invasion Day' or 'Survival Day'. For the government, 26 January celebrates the arrival [...]

‘Sweet Country’ preview held in Alice Springs

2018-01-23T00:24:54+11:00January 21st, 2018|

Sweet Country, award-winning director Warwick Thornton's new feature film, has previewed to proud and excited audiences in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Highlighting Australia's Frontier Wars, so far not widely acknowledged, accepted or even known about by 'mainstream Australia', the film depicts early 20th–century colonists' deep fear of Aboriginal resistance, their [...]

‘Australia Day’, Australian history, and airbrushing the Past

2022-10-28T10:35:46+11:00January 12th, 2018|

Invasion Day, Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra, 26 January 2017. Photo: Jane Morrison Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sovereignty has never been ceded over the Australian continent and its islands. Aboriginal people continue to call for a treaty or treaties with the dominant power, which, on 26 January 2018 will celebrate [...]

Why Australia Day date should be changed

2018-01-08T00:53:45+11:00January 8th, 2018|

First Peoples and supporters protest, 26 January 2017, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. Photograph: Jane Morrison 'Change It Ourselves campaign asks people to take a different day off for Australia Day': MANY don’t realise public holidays aren’t set in stone — you can ask for a different day off. Now a [...]

A.B. Original vehicle for driving change across Australia

2018-01-07T23:40:12+11:00January 7th, 2018|

'"We didn't expect to hit the main nerve": A.B. Original on music and activism', Emily Nichol, NITV, 3 January 2018 at: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2017/09/01/we-didnt-expect-hit-main-nerve-ab-original-music-and-activism  

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