Tag: Indigenous affairs

Vision Mātauranga: Commodifying Māori knowledge

Arena Quarterly no.11

Keith Barber

Sep 2022

Clearly, the government ... needed a new paradigm, one that placed Māori research under its control and oriented it towards its own policy goals, disguised albeit as in the ‘interests of the nation as a whole’.
"The government's welfare reforms for Indigenous Australians look like slavery

Modern Slavery in Remote Australia?, by Jon Altman

Arena Magazine no. 150

Jon Altman

Oct 2017

The government's welfare reforms for Indigenous Australians look like slavery
"Treaty—cause for optimism and opportunity

Australia: What’s in a Name?, by Bruce Buchan

Arena Magazine no. 149

Bruce Buchan

Aug 2017

Treaty—cause for optimism and opportunity
"The hope to persuade and co-opt—the failure of the Intervention

Colonial Turbulence in the North, by Nicolas Rothwell

Arena Magazine no. 148

Nicolas Rothwell

Jun 2017

The hope to persuade and co-opt—the failure of the Intervention
"The stain of the Intervention on Indigenous–non-Indigenous relations.

A Smear on the Nation, by Joe Morrison

Arena Magazine no. 148

Joe Morrison

Jun 2017

The stain of the Intervention on Indigenous–non-Indigenous relations.
"The Intervention’s role in state-based child abuse.

NTER Took the Children Away, by Thalia Anthony

Arena Magazine no. 148

Thalia Anthony

Jun 2017

The Intervention’s role in state-based child abuse.
"In the aftermath of the Intervention there has been a profound shift in the terms…

Aftermath, by Melinda Hinkson

Arena Magazine no. 148

Melinda Hinkson

Jun 2017

In the aftermath of the Intervention there has been a profound shift in the terms of national attention to Indigenous affairs.
"Placing his programs in the ‘radical centre’ is a misnomer

Noel Pearson’s Education Agenda, by Chris Sarra

Arena Magazine no. 143

Chris Sarra

Aug 2016

Placing his programs in the ‘radical centre’ is a misnomer
"A major challenge all political parties face is that Indigenous poverty is deeply embedded and…

Auditing Indigenous Poverty

Jon Altman

30 Jun 2016

A major challenge all political parties face is that Indigenous poverty is deeply embedded and structural and will take a long time, innovative policy and major investments to address. The diversity of Indigenous circumstances means that a diversity of approaches will be required, but the major parties are committed to mainstreaming or normalisation options. It is only the Greens that are serious about the recognition of difference and the need for approaches that emphasise social…
"Indigenous ‘recognition’ or a lawful relation between peoples?

The Failure of ‘Recognition’ by Paul Muldoon

Arena Magazine no. 142

Paul Muldoon

Jun 2016

Indigenous ‘recognition’ or a lawful relation between peoples?
"What we are witnessing is the (re-)adoption of empty and often unwelcome symbolism as a…

Practical Reconciliation and the Current Crisis in Indigenous Affairs

7 Jun 2016

What we are witnessing is the (re-)adoption of empty and often unwelcome symbolism as a cover for the failure of practical policies in Indigenous affairs. And this is a direct outcome of what was one of John Howard’s most significant interventions into Indigenous affairs: his bifurcation of the “symbolic” and “practical” aspects of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia, and the flow-on of this cleavage into Indigenous affairs policy-making more broadly.
"In 1968 anthropologist Bill Stanner spoke of the Great Australian Silence in relation to the…

Indigenous Australia and the 2016 Budget: The Great Australian Fiscal Silence

24 May 2016

In 1968 anthropologist Bill Stanner spoke of the Great Australian Silence in relation to the historical mistreatment of Indigenous peoples, a national myopia. The just announced 2016 Budget could be similarly termed ‘the Great Australian Fiscal Silence’, a fiscal myopia incommensurate with the level of need.