Co-editing this Special Issue was such a privilege. Thanks Australian Journal of Human Rights for giving me the chance to curate the amazing work of terrific scholars. The issue #RefractingRights examines the tensions and potentials of human rights practice. I loved this article by Alison Holland (she/her)

As part of our 'Refracting Rights' special issue, Alison Holland (she/her) explores the ways human rights were deployed in negotiations between Indigenous political actors and the government, post-Mabo (No.2). #HumanRights #NativeTitle #Mabo #ATSIC

Here’s the link to 50 free copies of this article:
‘A salvage exercise for Aboriginal rights’: human rights and social justice in Indigenous political responses to the Mabo (No.2) decision tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New article of mine demonstrating the place of debates about ATSIC in an arc from the Bicentenary to history wars.
“Symbolism, Separatism, and Perpetual Guilt”: Politicians Debating the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, 1987–1990 - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

‘A salvage exercise for Aboriginal rights’: human rights and social justice in Indigenous political responses to the Mabo (No.2) decision.
My latest article in The Australian Journal of Human Rights.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

How Lowitja O'Donoghue’s activism and leadership changed advocacy on Indigenous affairs in Australia theconversation.com/how-lowitja-od… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Finally, this edited recording from an outstanding & sold out event, Jewish Solidarity with Palestine is available.
Great cross-generational dialogue. Reminds you of the breadth & depth of Jewish tradition.
youtube.com/watch?v=UCHB4h…

We are not a minority. We are here and we will be heard. x.com/fahad_s_ali/st…

Worldmaking in action at Palestine Writes festival. My latest for ⁦The New Arab⁩ on the ⁦incredible Palestine Writes⁩ festival. newarab.com/opinion/worldm…

Resharing this cause Dan Tehan said we need to get ‘back’ to bipartisanship in Indigenous affairs. His govt walked away from it with advent of ATSIC.
Dutton's 'no' vote reflects 40 years of Coalition partisanship on the Voice theconversation.com/duttons-no-vot… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

The Voice: how do other countries represent Indigenous voices in government? theconversation.com/the-voice-how-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Pure facts from someone who actually knows

Enjoyed chatting to Ben Raue of Tallyroom podcast about Indigenous representative bodies and elections. s301.podbean.com/pb/3bde08542fe…

Re-sharing this cause John Anderson said on RN this morning that Atsic failed. It didn’t. Govts, particularly his, failed it.
Many claim Australia’s longest-running Indigenous body failed. Here’s why that’s wrong theconversation.com/many-claim-aus… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

John Paul Janke said on #insiders that if ATSIC presided over Robodebt it would be abolished again. Good point but it would never have gotten passed the stringent accountability measures of ATSIC in the first place nor their vision of social justice.

Job Alert for 1 yr lectureship at King’s College #twitterhistorians m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Very happy to have contributed to this teaching resource on the Voice referendum. Voice_Resource_v1.0_final.pdf - Google Drive drive.google.com/file/d/1HDmHM9…

Blak excellence on The Drum tonight. So much reason and sense and brilliance. Taylah Gray for PM!

Thanks to all the wonderful MRes presenters at the RF2 conference today: Louis, Levi, Adrian, Liz, Alexander, David, Holly, Jaime, Olivia, Sara and Russell. Such a joy to hear about your research. What stars. I learnt so much! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Please watch this important message from The Guardians of the Amazon who are about to lose the Amazon to logging, mining, and agribusiness. This is a global call to action!

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The expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in 1948, some subject to massacres by 3 different Israeli militias, is an undeniable fact confirmed by Israeli historians. It is called the Nakba. I honour its memory and recommit to recognition of a state of Palestine.