Articles by: Michael Dillion

Author Biography:

Michael Dillon is the author of a blog on Indigenous policy, A Walking Shadow, and has a longstanding involvement and interest in Indigenous policy.

Selective Engagement: Picking Winners in Indigenous Policy

Arena Quarterly no.25

Michael Dillion

Apr 2026

From 2013, the Coalition reverted Indigenous policy to pre-1967 forms of patronage and clientelism. Labor has done nothing to change this. A new approach is needed.