Cameron Gooley

2 days ago | sbs.com.au | Cameron Gooley

Former Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt has warned commonwealth, state, and local governments they could all face class actions for failing to close the gap in the next few decades. Speaking to NITV’s The Point as part of its election special, Mr Wyatt argued there was a clear government endorsement for the plan.

1 month ago | sbs.com.au | Rudi Maxwell |Cameron Gooley

Aboriginal people in Victoria have condemned the state government after Premier Jacinta Allan announced they would introduce harsh new bail laws that will be "the toughest in Australia". The Victorian Government changed its bail laws in 2023, following recommendations from a coronial inquest into the death in custody of First Nations woman Veronica Nelson. READ MOREMs Nelson died alone in a cell on January 2, 2020, after being arrested for shoplifting offences and being denied bail.

2 months ago | sbs.com.au | Rudi Maxwell |Cameron Gooley

If vulnerable First Nations children with complex trauma continue to be punished in ever harsher ways, they are much more likely to continue along a criminal path, a senate inquiry has heard.

Sep 29, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Rudi Maxwell |Cameron Gooley

When Alice Skye sings in Wergaia she has the women in her family in mind. "My great grandmother was one of the Elders consulted in one of the earlier Wergaia language dictionaries," she told NITV. READ MORESkye, who also has Wemba Wemba heritage, is performing Gikilangangu Wergaia – “We always sing Wergaia" – for the with Jaadwa composer James Howard and Koori musician Michael Julian.

May 15, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Cameron Gooley

In outlining its plans for the year ahead, the budget documents give the clearest indicator yet of the government’s First Nations policy priorities after the resounding defeat of the Indigenous Voice referendum last year. $20 million dollars that was previously set aside to create local and regional Indigenous Voice bodies has officially been slashed.