Statues of Captain James Cook, the first British explorer to discover Australia, have been vandalised with red spray paint in an act of protest on the eve of the country’s national day, Australia Day. The statue of James Cook, a British explorer who chartered the Eastern Coast of Australia and claimed the land for Great Britain…
Captain Cook Statue Vandalised in Australia Day Protests
January 26, 2022
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Aboriginal Barrister Appointed to Deliver Report on Treaty to Australia’s Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (NT) government on Wednesday appointed Australia’s most senior Indigenous barrister Tony McAvoy SC (Senior Counsel) to the role of Acting Treaty Commissioner. McAvoy’s posting comes after the territory’s first treaty commissioner, Prof. Mick Dodson, resigned from the position in June. As treaty commissioner, McAvoy will facilitate consultation with Aboriginal people in the…
Australia Heads Towards Raising Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility to 12
All Australian state Attorney-Generals have agreed to support the development of a proposal raising the minimum criminal age of responsibility from 10 to 12-years on Friday. Australia’s two territories have also committed to raising the age to 12 and will work on reforms, including adequate diversion programs and services. The Tasmanian Attorney-General Elise Archer said it…
Welcome to Country: Form Over Substance
October 25, 2021
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Commentary “First, I would like to acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the nation. I pay my respect to Elders, past, present, and emerging, and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which this event takes place.” The ‘Acknowledgement of Country’ and ‘Welcome to Country’ rituals have become embedded into the…
Welcome to Country: Form Over Substance in Achieving Real Change
October 25, 2021
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Commentary “First, I would like to acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the nation. I pay my respect to Elders, past, present, and emerging, and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which this event takes place.” The “Acknowledgement of Country” and “Welcome to Country” rituals have become embedded into the…
Truancy the Roadblock to Closing the Indigenous Achievement Gap
Commentary The decision to remove attendance targets for Indigenous students shows how policymakers have the wrong priorities for addressing the education gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Closing the attendance gap is the single greatest lever in closing the achievement gap. Yet school attendance is a glaring omission from newly released data from the government-backed…
School Attendance Biggest Factor to Reduce Education Gap for Australian Indigenous Kids
June 23, 2021
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A new report has found that increasing school attendance among Indigenous students is the single greatest factor needed to close the gap or reduce the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The “Mind the Gap” report by the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) has revealed a significant achievement gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by…
New Curriculum Garners Further Criticism From Faith Based and Indigenous Communities
May 6, 2021
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The Australian national curriculum draft continues to attract criticism for its changes to history and civics, which has removed references to Australia’s democratic and Christian heritage and increased the amount of content relating to the perspectives of Aboriginal Australians. Jacinta Collins, the executive director of the National Catholic Education, said the Catholic sector supported the review’s…
Report Calls for ‘Fresh Approach’ to Indigenous Suicide Crisis
Living in safe and clean environments, having access to modern services that individuals find personally meaningful, possessing the necessary skills to function in the 21st century, developing a robust sense of self-worth, engaging in personally meaningful activities, and practising personal responsibility. These are the recommendations of a new Centre for Independent Studies report by Indigenous researcher…
Ancient Bone Tools in WA Dated to Be Over 35,000 Years Old
Four bone tools discovered in Western Australia have changed how archaeologists think of ancient northern Australian indigenous societies after the tools were reevaluated to be between 35,000 and 47,000 years old—making them among the oldest of their kind in Australia. The findings published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology in February come after a similar discovery in…
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