Analysis
Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, provided this speech for Supply Nation's Connect conference in Boorloo / Perth, Tuesday morning. Hello, everyone.
As leaders gather at Garma this weekend to debate the future of First Nations economic development, one question should cut through the conversation: will Australia back the institutions Aboriginal an...
For the first time since the National Agreement on Closing the Gap was signed, a target has been met. More than 95 per cent of First Nations children are now enrolled in preschool, up from 61.
Here is an invitation, and a provocation. Imagine individual Australian First Nations, each with their own Treasury. Each setting its own investment mandate.
This speech was given at the RING (Reconciliation Industry Network Group) NAIDOC Gathering in Sydney on Thursday by keynote speaker and MC, Indigenous singer, songwriter, musician and advocate Toni Ja...
NAIDOC's origins belong inside a longer history of Aboriginal resistance to the economic architecture of colonial Australia. It emerged from Aboriginal protest against colonisation that had taken land...
Australia stands at one of the most significant economic crossroads in its modern history. The global race for critical minerals is reshaping international trade, defence alliances and manufacturing s...
Treasury counts announcements. Communities count houses. The Federal Budget's $793.7 million Closing the Gap package hides a deeper reality: governments are still more willing to manage the consequenc...