September 2015

Men stab, rape and kill women because they can. It's time to say they can't

Sixty-three women have died violently already this year, an overwhelming problem that should have Australian blokes reeling

I fear for my daughters and I feel an onerous responsibility for my son.

Sixty-three women killed by violence in this country this year.

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Play gets Indigenous musicians Jimmy Little and Bobby McLeod utterly wrong | Paul Daley

Extended Little and McLeod families are distraught at the ‘unrecognisable’ portrayal of the men in play directed by Wesley Enoch

Jimmy Little and Bobby McLeod are giants of Australian Indigenous activism and music.

In death, now, as in life, each remains a hero for his unique role in the ongoing struggle for Indigenous rights, and for the hope and inspiration their music bequeathed their people.

Related: Gentleman Jim

A dark chapter of history is tied up in the name of the Canning electorate

Alfred Canning’s 1,850-kilometre stock route became the point at which white history intersected and clashed with the Indigenous Dreaming

Everyone’s talking about Canning.

It’s a federal electorate in Western Australia that will host a byelection in two weeks. Apparently Canning could change political history.

Related: Canning byelection: Labor pins hopes on Matt Keogh, a local hero of the deepest red