Most people don’t really value anything that is given to them for free. If you have to pay for something, you usually have a greater appreciation for it. Well i know this is true for most.Everyone’s life at some time has been pretty crap. That’s usually just a given, if you have […]

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You have probably heard this quote before but i wanted to share it anyhow. I think it is amazing in that it is so true for each of us, especially Black people in Australia.
An old Cherokee chief is teaching his grandson about life:
“A fight is going on inside me,” he said to […]

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As I sit here and write these blogs I often wonder what the person who reads it thinks about. I wonder how their day is, if its filled with joy or sadness, or even nothingness.
If you were to listen to the news reports, things are pretty bad right now. I dont see […]

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When was the last time you got into your car and just decided to drive and see where you ended up? Is that something you do each day, just wake up and say to yourself “I’m going to just let the day come together and see what happens.” I would think that is […]

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Following Mick Dodson’s invitation to the Rudd government to have a ‘conversation’ regarding the date of Australia Day, the response has been quite strong, either your for it or against it.
The subject has caused quite a stir..
Many a blog page or online newspaper comments page has been filled with many views that resonates the racism […]

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Aboriginal culture has been under particularly heavy fire from white Australia for the past few years, but ironically the worst culture on earth has nothing to with race. I’ll return to that in a minute.
Most readers would be aware by now of a video on YouTube from the Northern Territory, in which a police officer […]

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ISSUE 169, January 22, 2009: The assault on Gaza and the Palestinian people by Israel should strike a chord with Indigenous Australians, writes MAQSOOD ALSHAMS*.
At the time of writing this article Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he would call a halt to an offensive that has killed more than 1,200 Palestinians, although he ordered […]

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Peter Garrett - in his famed ‘jocular conversation’ with radio jock Steve Price before the 2008 election - remarked that once in office, Labor would simply change all of its election promises.
In a strange twist of fate, the ALP has confirmed it is re-writing its national platform to ensure there is “no ambiguity” on the […]

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Today has been an interesting day in Indigenous Affairs, while this years Australian of the year, Mick Dodson was honoured for his many contributions…his request on behalf of Aboriginal Australia was given a very flat “no”, by Prime Minister Rudd…see here
It is a question that has caused quite a stir in the media and saw […]

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Last night I took a stroll down to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, across the road from Old Parliament House. The mood was peaceful. A small group of protesters were sitting silently around a fire and the rainbow tent had been set up. Two men were strumming on their guitars, one clad in an Aboriginal flag […]

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