Time is running out to reinstate RDA

Published on November 19th, 2009
Posted by Amy McQuire in Amy McQuire's Blog
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At a doorstop on Tuesday, Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin was quizzed on when her government would introduce laws to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) in the NT.
Her answer was “shortly”.
“The legislation to lift the suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act will be introduced into Parliament shortly. We of course then […]

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How many times must they ignore the same criticisms?

Published on November 19th, 2009
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Less than a month after Australian journalist John Pilger used his Sydney Peace Prize acceptance speech to belt Australia over its treatment of Indigenous people, another winner of the same prize yesterday did the same.
Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan, who won the Sydney Peace Prize in 2006, yesterday addressed the National Press Club […]

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Australia is hopping mad

Published on November 18th, 2009
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The saddest part about the Freddo Frog saga in Western Australia is not that a 12-year-old boy was charged over receiving a 70-cent piece of chocolate. What’s sad is the fact yet another Aboriginal boy has begun his relationship with the law at such a young age, and for something so minor. It is even […]

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RINGY’S RAMBLINGS: Punting on politics with horses for courses

Published on November 18th, 2009
Posted by Amy McQuire in Ringy's Blog
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It’s springtime in the south, and this time of year many a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of horses. GRAHAM RING looks over a Melbourne Cup field of political contenders.

1. Befuddled (J Macklin, Vic)
Has made a real mess of things in the bush recently, where she has found the going very […]

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AT LARGE: Australia’s not racist… but

Published on November 18th, 2009
Posted by Amy McQuire in Chris Graham's Blog
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Our reaction to the debate over the Hey Hey skit speaks volumes about our nation, writes CHRIS GRAHAM*.

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it probably is a duck. And if it sounds like racism and looks like racism, but a whole pile of people mistook it for light entertainment, then […]

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Apologies and a fresh start

Published on November 18th, 2009
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I’ll be the first to admit it. The NIT Blog has become a bit stale. It’s struggling to breath after being buried under a mountain of other work that NIT staff must wade through!
Don’t despair though, NIT has been expanding our web presence quite a bit of late, even branching out into Facebook*. Our […]

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