| Implementing the recommendations of the Bringing them Home report
The National Apology was a truly momentous occasion.
But our task now is to make sure that we don't look back on the apology to the Stolen Generations as merely a symbolic gesture. So please send your elected state and federal representatives an email asking them to implement all the recommendations of the Bringing them home report. ANTaR
Reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act - Sign the petition
"The suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act remains a sticking point
and an international embarrassment for the Rudd Government. We do not
need the upcoming review to tell us that this aspect of the intervention
is and always will be morally wrong and ethically unjustifiable" (Senatar Rachel Siewart, who will present the petition in parliament in August). Petition
Racism makes me sick
Racism has recently been recognised in a number of key reports as a threat to public health in Australia. Speak up against racism AND sign ANTaR's pledge. ANTaR
Dharnya Centre a case of institutional racism
Despite having such enormous potential and the fact that Indigenous tourism is identified as a growth area, the Dharnya centre has had a disgracefully difficult time in getting the funding needed for the venture to simply remain open. Dharnya Action Group
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