National Sorry Day: "SORRY. Still living on Borrowed Time!"
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/files/2010/05/NSD2010Banner1.jpg" Today is National Sorry Day. It’s also the tenth anniversary of the march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Kevin Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generations in Parliament on February 13, 2008 [LP coverage and discussion here]. At the [...]
Acknowledgement of country 'culture wars'
They’re at it again: Members of the Liberal Party have been creating a minor storm about the matter of Indigenous recognition. In statements made to the Adelaide Advertiser yesterday, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott implied that formal recognition of traditional owners [...]
A Sorry record?
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/rudd-sorry-apology.jpg" align=left When Mick Dodson was announced as Australian of the Year, I made this observation: [It] might also be a good idea to take some sort of stock on how the whole “Bridging the Gap” thing is going [...]
Mutual obligation and Indigenous policy
In the wake of discussion of Andrew Forrest’s proposal for the creation of 50 000 full time jobs for Indigenous Australians (discussed here at LP) and Germaine Greer’s remarks on the continuing force of history in shaping Indigenous responses to [...]
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