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Standing 20m high atop Memory Mountain, along the MacDonnell Ranges in remote Northern Territory about 200km west of Alice Springs, is a symbol of faith, hope and forgiveness – a cross. Opened to the public on Good Friday on April 7, the ‘Forgiveness Cross’ was [...]

It’s in! The deals are done and the compromises are made. The wording is announced. We’re going to have a referendum. On 23 March 2023, the Prime Minister revealed the wording of the question that will be put to Australians later in the year. Flanked [...]

It’s either shameless virtue signalling, or it is an attempt to influence the way supporters vote — so which is it? The Collingwood Football Club claims it is neither. They also claim their supporters have teeth, and no criminal convictions. But I digress. Australia’s biggest [...]

A historic vote has just taken place (Wednesday night, 22 March 2023) to pass the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill in both houses of the Federal Parliament. Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, gave Coalition support after securing some amendments in relation to the referendum on the [...]

The only Aboriginal Voice Labor apparently wants to hear is one that votes ‘yes’ to an Australia divided by race. The Australian Labor Party has seemingly decided the Voice is a foregone conclusion. As reported by Sky News, a delegation of 22 Aboriginal leaders and [...]

In May 2017 at Mutitjulu, in the shadow of Uluru, more than 250 delegates put their signatures on a historic statement -- a petition to the people of Australia: The Uluru Statement from the Heart. The Statement grew out of a series of regional dialogues [...]

The so-called ‘Voice to Parliament’ is a proposal for a race-based advisory body established via a referendum to amend Australia’s Constitution. We have only just commenced this corrosive process and already, we are seeing more questions than answers. I oppose the Voice as a matter [...]

It has recently been reported in the ABC that Nathan Maynard, a Tasmanian Aboriginal ‘artist’ (I think we should use the word loosely) is seeking the body of an Australian of British descent which will “speak to sacrifice for past sins”. Maynard placed the ad [...]

The approach taken by Labor and the Coalition towards the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is a case study in how the politics of blame works in Australia. Both major parties have adopted separate political strategies leading into the referendum, diminishing the chances [...]

The Cambridge Dictionary states that “treaty” is “a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders”. The Collins English Dictionary says, “A treaty is a written agreement between countries in which they agree to do a particular thing or [...]

The Howard Government refused to issue an apology to Indigenous Australians in 2002 despite recommendations in a milestone report, primarily because it would have implied present-day generations were responsible for atrocities to generations of the past. In cabinet minutes from 2002 released by the National [...]

The more Prime Minister Anthony Albanese talks about the Voice referendum as being a fait accompli, the more suspicions he risks raising among everyday Australians about what exactly is attempted at being changed. Voters are being told they will “feel better about themselves” when they [...]

We need The Voice! We all -- regardless of our ethnic or cultural background -- need The Voice. The Voice has the message that we all need to hear. We all need to shape our lives around what The Voice tells us. The Voice speaks [...]

The year was 1987. The band was Midnight Oil. The album was Diesel and Dust. The song was “Beds Are Burning”. The message was that White Australia ought to recompense Aboriginal Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNW2XkvaL6U The time has come to say fair’s fair To pay the rent, [...]

We are living in an era where social breakdown and moral decay are drawing heavily on the state's resources and collective wisdom. The elucidative bankruptcy of the state’s ‘wise men’ is being exposed, as surely as it was in the ancient empires of Egypt and [...]

I didn’t answer when my friend called the other day. I wasn’t ready to hear her apology. I was still angry and in a strange way, I was prepared to stay that way. While I was really missing the fun we shared, angry me had [...]

The Northern Territory’s Labor Chief Minister says she will not back any “race-based” intervention in besieged Alice Springs, despite the town’s two Aboriginal MPs demanding alcohol bans to curb out-of-control violence and calling the crisis a bigger priority than the Voice referendum. After weeks of [...]

Since the 1980s, there’s been an increasingly common slogan. The phrase is synonymous with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land rights, self-determination, and sovereignty. “Always Was, Always Will Be” has become an expression of grievance and unhappiness. But does the concept fit within a Biblical [...]

Forget the division. Australia's national holiday is an opportunity for unity and forgiveness. My children say to me, “Happy Invasion Day, Dad.” But I say to them, “Happy Unity Day.” These powerful words come from Pastor James Dargin, a recognised Indigenous leader and elder in [...]

Australia Day, meant to be a joyous celebration of all that makes our nation a wonderful country to live in, has been turned into a flashpoint for annual demonstrations of resentment. For some people, this is not a happy week. I know someone who is [...]