The New York Times

Indigenous Australians and the Women’s World Cup: A fight for self-determination

In 1938, when John Moriarty was born in the tiny hamlet of Borroloola, in Australia’s Northern Territory, he was not classified as an Australian citizen. In 1960, when he became the first indigenous ...
The Economist

Aboriginal Australians may at last be given a say in their own affairs

Beginning in 2016 thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from hundreds of communities across Australia came together in regional dialogues culminating in a constitutional convention. The ...
Los Angeles Times

Did she betray Indigenous Australians or protect them from victimization?

MELBOURNE, Australia — Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was confident and composed when she appeared at Australia’s National Press Club to explain why she, a rising political star who is an Indigenous ...
The Diplomat

Aboriginal Elder Urges Australians to Vote Yes and Without Guilt

Jill Gallagher is a senior elder from the Gunditjmara nation, a spokeswoman for the Aboriginal community in the southeast Australian state of Victoria and a key advocate for the yes campaign and the ...
The New York Times

Should Aboriginal Australians Have a ‘Voice’ in Parliament? These Two Say No.

Two female Aboriginal lawmakers with very different political views are campaigning against the proposal to create an advisory body on Indigenous issues. By Natasha Frost Reporting from Hobart, ...