Indigenous Australians

Annemarie MacGinley28 July 2019
615

Open arms and hearts greet immersion program participants

The 2019 St Vincent de Paul National Immersion Program gave nine members a deeper appreciation of life in a remote…
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Dr Chris Sarra14 December 2016
638

Family Matters launches inaugural report at Parliament House

Family Matters, a coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, peak bodies and academics, launched a report at Canberra’s…
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Professor Tom Calma31 July 2018
1,153

Justice reinvestment key to reducing Indigenous incarceration

Crime rates are dropping, but jailing rates—particularly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people—are sky-rocketing. A new approach is needed,…
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Editor9 August 2017
714

Building partnerships with Australia’s First Peoples

John Lochowiak is Vice President of the St Vincent de Paul Society South Australia State Council. He is also chairperson…
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Professor Larissa Behrendt27 January 2018
714

As good as it gets or as good as it could be?

Professor Larissa Behrendt is Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the…
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Cheyne Pettit27 January 2018
766

Just art

Just Art is an art competition that makes advocacy accessible to all people, of all ages, through creative representation of…
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Juliana Kittel27 January 2018
799

Immersion program

In April, a group of 10 Vincentians from all over Australia touched down in the community of Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) to…
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Phil Glendenning9 August 2017
745

Long battle for recognition

The notion of ‘unfinished business’ is a term often used to describe the struggle for equality and justice that Aboriginal…
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