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Andrew Bolt sued under Victorian Racial and Religious Tolerance Act

By Robert Merkel on September 19, 2010

Right-wing Herald Sun columnist has been sued under Victoria’s Racial and Religious Tolerance act: HERALD Sun columnist Andrew Bolt is being sued under the Racial Vilification Act by a group of Aborigines led by 73-year-old activist Pat Eatock over two [...]

Posted in Law, Race | Tagged andrew bolt, indigenous affairs, Indigenous Australia, racial and religious tolerance act, racism, Victoria | 80 Responses

A new indigenous representative body

By Robert Merkel on May 7, 2010

ABC News from a few days ago: A new national representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders has been unveiled in Sydney this morning. The National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples is the first Indigenous representative body since 2005, [...]

Posted in Activism, Government, Policy, Politics, Race | Tagged atsic, Geoff Clark, Indigenous, Indigenous Australia, Indigenous policy & reconciliation, Torres Strait Islander | 58 Responses

On Rage: Germaine Greer reviewed

By Kim on August 21, 2008

Well, as I noted on another thread about Germaine Greer, I’ve bought and now read On Rage. I’d like this post to stick to discussion of the merits of her arguments, which I continue to think has been something largely [...]

Posted in Culture, Disasters, Feminism, Howardia, Indigenous, Policy, Race, Sexuality, Women | Tagged Bob Katter, Book review, child sexual abuse, Germaine Greer, hunter gatherer societies, Indigenous Australia, Indigenous dispossession, Indigenous policy & reconciliation, Judy Atkinson, Marcia Langton, Melbourne University Press, Noel Pearson, NT intervention, On Rage, political journalism, race relations, rural suicide, Sociology, Stolen generation, welfare policy, Writings | 111 Responses

On Rage: Raging against Germaine

By Mark Bahnisch on August 16, 2008

As a bit of a follow up to the discussion of Germaine Greer’s latest book On Rage here, I was interested to see Gary Sauer-Thompson observe that most of the reaction (and there’s been tons of it) to her writing [...]

Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Culture, History, Indigenous, Masculinity, Media, Politics, Race | Tagged Germaine Greer, hunter gatherer societies, Indigenous Australia, Indigenous dispossession, Indigenous policy & reconciliation, NT intervention, On Rage, political journalism, Sociology, Writings | 232 Responses

Q&A plug: Marcus Westbury and Germaine Greer

By Mark Bahnisch on August 14, 2008

Occasional guest poster at LP, Marcus Westbury, is on Q&A tonight – ABC1 at 9.30pm. Let’s hope he can get a word in between the pompous comedy stylings of Greg Sheridan, and the litterateur/Macquarie Bank shill Bob Carr. Germaine Greer [...]

Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Feminism, Film, TV, Video etc, Indigenous, Media, Policy, Race | Tagged ABC television, Bob Carr, Germaine Greer, Greg Sheridan, Indigenous Australia, Indigenous policy, Leigh Sales, Marcus Westbury, NT intervention, Q&A, Qanda, Tony Jones, Writings | 46 Responses

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