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Understanding this No, voting Yes

Kieran Finnane — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 02:01:21 +0000

By KIERAN FINNANE Two prominent Aboriginal men from the Centre, one speaking to a deeply felt No on the Voice, based on his utter distrust of government, the other speaking to a passionate Yes, based on his faith in the possibility of shaping, with other Australians, “a better nation”. Together, and with responses from other […]

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Voice ‘not based upon any overseas precedent’

Erwin Chlanda — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 03:41:56 +0000

By ERWIN CHLANDA Are there any democratic countries where the constitution requires the parliament and executive to listen to a race-defined minority while there is no such obligation with respect to the other part of the population? And if there are such countries, how do they manage their obligations? These are questions the News put […]

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Seeking equality as Indigenous distrust of government peaks

Erwin Chlanda — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 01:00:08 +0000

The Uluru Statement from the Heart will end Australia's "cult of forgetfulness ... the great Australian silence" when it comes to Aboriginal sovereignty, says film maker Rachel Perkins in her Boyer Lectures. MARK J SMITH reviews. Photo: Ms Perkins with an image of her father, Charlie Perkins.

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Film festival of stories close to home and far afield

Kieran Finnane — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 03:03:27 +0000

Opening is Jasper Jones, a new film from Rachel Perkins, her fourth. Local emerging film-maker Dylan River also gets an outing in this smorgasbord of films from around the world, writes KIERAN FINNANE.

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Mbantua Fest: statement from Perkins, no news on debt payment

Erwin Chlanda — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:49:14 +0000

The saga about the unpaid debts of the Mbantua Festival is continuing with a statement from Neville Perkins (pictured) issued last week. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

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Noted film maker owed money by Mbantua Festival

Erwin Chlanda — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:47:55 +0000

Noted film maker Rachel Perkins (pictured) says she is not a director nor office holder of the company that ran the Mbantua Festival last year which still has substantial debts to artists and suppliers including her.

See also UPDATE 1:40pm Feb 6 & 7:30am Feb 7.

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Mbantua Festival's time has come

Kieran Finnane — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:04:27 +0000

The core inspiration for the Mbantua Festival arose from its site at the Old Telegraph Station. The ideas flowed as soon as it was chosen, says Rachel Perkins. One story to tell was immediately obvious – that of children of mixed Aboriginal descent removed from their families, most of them forcibly, who lived on the site. The theatrical production, Bungalow Song, will be one of the festival highlights later this week. KIERAN FINNANE speaks to Rachel Perkins. Pictured: Perkins with some of the cast on site. Photo by Alexandra Hullah.

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