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The myth of a 'tolerant, open society'. Australia is none of these things. Palestine has shown us that.
As Israel wages a genocidal assault on Rafah, Australian politicians and media are still spreading lies to obscure their direct complicity. We can't let…
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Amy McQuire
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January 2024

We still grieve for her to return home”: Man charged with murder of Kokoberra woman Ms Bernard
A non-Indigenous man – the last man to see Ms Bernard alive – has been charged with her murder.
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Amy McQuire

November 2023

Abolition.Feminism.Now and Free Palestine: Fighting for the rights of all oppressed peoples
Professor Angela Davis speaks at the Blackfella-Palestinian solidarity symposium in Magan-djin. This feels like an unprecedented time. A time when we…
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Amy McQuire
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October 2023

Objectivity serves the powerful, and silences the oppressed
Australian journalists still cling to 'objectivity' as the hallmark of 'good journalism'. And yet, Palestine has shown us how colonial notions of…
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Amy McQuire
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The 'no' vote was a racist vote.
It is not the time to be silent. We must stand not only for each other, but our Indigenous brothers and sisters in Palestine.
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Amy McQuire
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August 2023

"They don't care about community safety. They care about cops and cages": Outrage at Qld's racist laws that will only lock up more black…
The Queensland government on Wednesday overrode the Human Rights Act to pass outrageous new laws that will allow them to detain children - predominately…
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Amy McQuire
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June 2023

Now is the time to start talking about wrongful convictions
The pardon of Kathleen Folbigg - who spent two decades in prison for a crime she did not do - should lead us to a bigger conversation about our…
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Amy McQuire

April 2023

The black 'no' campaign is not Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine
New shadow Indigenous spokesperson Jacinta Price, Warren Mundine and One Nation’s Pauline Hanson at a Queensland Police conference. Just as we expected…
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Amy McQuire
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February 2023

The spirit can not rest til the body is found: Remembering Ms Bernard
It has been ten years today since Kokoberra woman Ms Bernard was last seen. Her family are still searching for her.
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Amy McQuire
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January 2023

Voting on 'The Voice': Will it fight racist violence?
As the nation ramps up for a referendum on recognising First Nations people in the Constitution, its helpful to reflect on the past decade of the debate…
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Amy McQuire
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November 2022

Digging deeper into data on Disappeared Aboriginal women
60 percent of Aboriginal women disappeared from urban centres; 80 percent of Aboriginal women were disappeared away from their communities
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Amy McQuire
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#JusticeforCassius; Mourning Filep Karma
Across the country, thousands turned up in solidarity with the family of Cassius Turvey. Meanwhile, in West Papua, our Indigenous brothers and sisters…
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Amy McQuire
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