Will indigenization and reconciliation change the minds of those who value property over Indigenous lives?
"People say we should be protesting for white people taking indigenous lives away.
Amnesty International estimates that at least 100,000 indigenous lives have been lost as a direct result of the conflict.
Closing The Gap measures the appalling disparities between the quality and duration of Indigenous lives and those of other Australians.
As the Aboriginal Legal Service ALSS) cuts demonstrate, he has no interest in funding public programmes that might truly change indigenous lives for the better.
Yet darkness still clouds our country, the spectre of racism lurks in our shadows, Indigenous lives are still chained to an unreconciled history.
I like and respect Martin – as a journalist and a man who has done much to try to improve Indigenous lives.
He's made many evocative speeches in federal parliament lauding the commitment of other political leaders – including Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd and former prime minister Paul Keating – to building better Indigenous lives.
While it did not offer insight into how voting might potentially impact on Indigenous lives, it nonetheless incorporated Indigenous traditions of seated discussion – in this case about whether to take up the opportunity to vote.
