IndigenousX
Guardian Australia is proud to partner with IndigenousX to showcase the diversity of Indigenous peoples and opinions from around the country.
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A forgotten story of the election is First Nations voices are often excluded from the conversation
Sarah CollardMany people I’ve spoken to feel invisible and sidelined in politics, but their concerns should be heard
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Reporting on Indigenous issues is still woeful but we will keep making noise and keep showing up
Luke PearsonI cannot celebrate while Indigenous deaths are justified and our humanity is debated
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The need for Indigenous Australians to be their own narrators is more important than ever
Will Cooper for IndigenousXSocial media has allowed community to tell their stories their way, but non-mob must recognise cultural growth and adaption as well as tradition
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Cultural birthing practices are what Indigenous women need, it’s time we invested
Melanie Briggs for IndigenousXBirthing on country and Aboriginal community-controlled services put culture at the centre of health and wellness which means better outcomes
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We know ‘the system’ has long failed Aboriginal people – so why not cyberpunk it?
Matt Heffernan for IndigenousXIndigenous disruption of cruel government policies could further the cause of self-determination and might even help save the planet
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How four men with a beach umbrella made history in the battle for Aboriginal sovereignty
Jennetta Quinn-Bates for IndigenousXFifty years on, Canberra’s Tent Embassy is proudly adorned with symbols of an everlasting culture
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To be Murri is to know that even at your loneliest you are never truly alone
Jacob McQuire for IndigenousXWe know each other in a deep, timeless sense. When we yarn the only measurement of time we keep is in cups of tea
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Customers know each purchase is upholding, protecting and promoting First Nations sovereignty
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We have shown that type 2 diabetes doesn’t have to be a lifelong progressive disease. Where to from here?
Ray Kelly for IndigenousXToo Deadly for Diabetes is a proven program backed by research. It could be in every Aboriginal medical service within weeks
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To heal, we must untangle the coping mechanisms learned from generations of trauma
Joe Williams for IndigenousXA life of sobriety allowed me to reflect on my behaviours, understand them and implement positive change
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First Nations people are controlled by the criminal system under the guise of protection
Carly Stanley for IndigenousXPolicies that continue to disproportionately inflict violence and disruption on First Nations people show we are still a penal colony
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So many Indigenous Australians are arrested and jailed, but this doesn’t solve anything
Ash Dahlstrom for IndigenousXHeavily policing our communities does not reduce crime or combat poverty. It just results in overrepresentation in prisons – and stigmatisation
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The cycle of Indigenous trauma continues in the workplace. Diversity policies are not the answer
Mandy BraddickIndigenous employees working in Indigenous affairs are living the stories at home and at work, and that comes at a cost
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Protest through Indigenous works is not just the preserve of city ‘rabble rousers’. The home of land rights is in the bush, and our art reflects this
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Australia’s First Nations people need healing – of our families, our lands and waters
Ngarra Murray for IndigenousXNaidoc week’s ‘Heal Country’ theme demonstrates the need for an awakening that respects the uniqueness of 60,000 years of Aboriginal custodianship
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Righting the wrongs: teachers must fight ignorance of Aboriginal history with education and break the cycle
Shelley Ware for IndigenousXEducators need to take initiative to fill gaps in their learning so our next generation can know true Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture
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Australia needs more social housing. That’s it
Paul Dutton for IndigenousXOur society is heading for a collapse unless we protect the most vulnerable instead of holding them to a higher standard than the rest of us
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Some will say that it’s too political, but right now is an opportunity for everyone to back the proposed change in the school curriculum
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Governments must let go of their power over the lives of Australia’s First Nations children
Paul GrayWithout structural change, child protection systems will continue to fail indigenous families
As we reclaim the stage for Indigenous storytellers, we have a question for colonisers