Emma Garlett: Retirement of Indigenous politicians creates space for new leaders

It takes a lot to put yourself in the spotlight — to be the centre of attention or the target for blame.  FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Trusted Bulletin is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is … Read more

Australian councils ditch welcome to country ceremonies, cultural gestures in droves post-Voice defeat

WA councils emboldened by the Voice To Parliament defeat appear to be turning away from welcome to country ceremonies despite Aboriginal leaders saying the referendum loss has made the gestures more important than ever. The growing number of councils raising motions against Aboriginal cultural gestures come as at least a dozen Perth councils move to … Read more

Banksia Hill riot squad officers caught on camera using extreme force on suicidal teenage detainee

Shocking footage obtained exclusively by The West Australian shows a suicidal teenage boy being held down and locked in crude shackles as he moans and sobs, laying bare the chaos going on behind closed doors at WA’s scandal-plagued juvenile detention facilities. The confronting vision of three separate incidents, both from body-worn cameras and CCTV, shows … Read more

Department of Justice director general Adam Tomison resigns, the second top rank departure after Unit 18 death

Department of Justice director general Adam Tomison has resigned, weeks after the State recorded the first death of a child in detention. Mike Reynolds exited his Corrective Services commissioner role in October, less than a fortnight after 16-year-old Aboriginal boy Cleveland Dodd fatally self-harmed in his Unit 18 cell — a controversial facility within the … Read more

Indigenous leader and Labor luminary Pat Dodson retires from politics

Labor senator and veteran Indigenous leader Pat Dodson is calling for a renewed pathway towards reconciliation as he prepares to leave parliament. Senator Dodson, known as the Father of Reconciliation, said cancer treatment had taken a toll and left him physically unable to perform his duties. The West Australian reflected on his limited capacity during … Read more

University of Technology Sydney Call It Out report highlights racism in every corner and suburb of Australia

Racism and hate is experienced in every corner and every suburb of the nation, a new report has found. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been detailing experiences of racism – including against children – for the Call it Out project since it launched in early 2022. Academics from the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous … Read more