Articles and Speeches

2009

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, A people that does not trust itself to vote is a people doomed, (published in The Australian, 6 October 2009.)

Dave and Bess Nungarrayi Price, Stop the Violence!

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Review of the film Samson and Delilah , (published in The Australian, 4 June 2009.)

Hon. Mal Brough, NT Intervention: where to from here?

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Aboriginal Housing: No Job, No House, (original, shorter version published in The Australian, 16 January 2009.) Dr Johns' associated paper, No Job: No House, published by the Menzies Research Centre, is available here.

Patrick McCauley, A Proposal for Wadeye

2008

Anthony Dillon, Does the Apology Bring about Healing?, (first published in Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, July/August 2008.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Letter to the Editor, (published in The Australian, 1 October 2008.)

Wesley Aird, Ignore the siren call of symbolism, (First published in The Age, 30 July 2008.)

Wesley Aird, The task is getting Aborigines ready to apply for jobs, (First published in The Age, 24 June 2008.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, The Northern Territory Intervention in Aboriginal Affairs: Wicked Problem or Wicked Policy?, (published by ANU E-Press in Agenda (Vol 15, No. 2) [PDF]. Gary Johns's interview with 2GB's Alan Jones (Thursday, 26 June 2008) can be accessed here.

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Jobs only way forward, (published in The Australian, 18 June 2008.)

Wesley Aird, Great Aboriginal con, (First published in The Australian, 28 April 2008.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Sorry: Reflections on the Need for an Apology to the 'Stolen Generations'. (Article also available on the ABC's website here, 13 February 2008.)

Wesley Aird, Sorry useless without change, (First published in The Australian, 1 February 2008.)

2007

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Develop or migrate? Jenny Macklin faces two Aboriginal futures, (First published in The Australian, 6 December 2007.)

Anthony Dillon (with Dr Phil Harker), Victims---Is it really just black and white? [160k PDF]

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Howard Reconciles, (an interview with Paul Comrie-Thompson on the ABC's Counterpoint programme on 15 October 2007.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Don't Cry for the Passing of CDEP, (First published in The Australian Financial Review, 7 August 2007.)

Wesley Aird, Rumbles from the gravy train, (First published in The Australian, 16 July 2007.)

Wesley Aird, Curing the north's ugly ills, (First published in The Age, 23 June 2007.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Remote communities: the task ahead, (First published in The Australian, 22 June 2007.)

Wesley Aird, After four decades, Aborigines still struggle to be heard, (First published in The Age, 22 May 2007.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, The 1967 Aboriginal referendum: How constitutional change was hijacked, (First published in The Australian, 15 May 2007.)

The Hon. Peter Howson, Aboriginal Land Rights---the Greatest Folly. (First published in Quadrant, April 2007.)

Wesley Aird, Government's approach to indigenous affairs too slow, (First published in The Age, 27 February 2007.)

Wesley Aird, Key to unrest is policy failure, (First published in The Australian, 31 January 2007.)

2006

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Aboriginal Policy at the Turn. (A paper presented at Eighteenth Conference of The Samuel Griffith Society.)

Wesley Aird, Why not listen to indigenous people?, (The Age, 9 December 2006.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Comment: (Noel Pearson has moved much further than previously in his critique of passive welfare.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, What is to become of Aborigines forced to move, (First published in The Australian, 11 October 2006.)

The Hon. Peter Howson, Live not by Land Alone, (First published in The Australian on 28 September 2006.)

Wesley Aird, Native Title: a Claimant's Perspective, (First published in The Australian, 22 September 2006.)

Wesley Aird, The way Brough can make his mark, (First published in The Australian, 9 August 2006.)

Wesley Aird, Educate through need, not the polls, (First published in The Australian, 30 June 2006.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Letter to the Editor in response to Noel Pearson, (First published in The Age, 28 June 2006.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Aboriginal education in remote communities, (First published in The Australian, 30 May 2006.)

Wesley Aird, Culture is no excuse for crime, (First published in The Australian, 18 May 2006.)

The Hon. Peter Howson, Facing up to the Consequences of Dr Coombs, (First published in Quadrant, May 2006.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Aboriginal Education: Remote Schools and the Real Economy Aboriginal Education: Remote Schools and the Real Economy (First published by The Menzies Research Centre on 29 May 2006. Note: 5.5Mb PDF file)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns and Dr Ron Brunton, Reconciliation: What Does It Mean? (A timely glance back at a critique of the promise of Reconciliation, first published in 1999.)

Gregory Andrews, Economic passivity and dependency in Mutitjulu: Some suggestions for change. (This paper examines the perverse incentives created by passive welfare at Mutitjulu community in the Northern Territory and makes some recommendations for change.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Leaving Home Lands, (First published in The Australian,7 February 2006.)

2005

Anthony Dillon, Separatism, Bennelong Occasional Paper, 11/05. [80k PDF]

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, The Dreaming Lives in Aboriginal Hearts, not the Land, (First published in The Australian, 22 September 2005.)

Ray Hempel, Breaching the Wall, Bennelong Occasional Paper, 10/05. [80k PDF]

The Hon. Peter Howson, Aboriginal Land Rights: The next battle ground!, (First published in Quadrant, June 2005). [90k PDF]

2004

The Hon. Peter Howson, The 2004 election and Aboriginal Policy, (First published in Quadrant, November 2004.) [115k PDF file]

The Hon. Peter Howson, Death of Symbolic Reconciliation, (First published in The Australian on 26 November 2004.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Aboriginal Policy: Romantics and Realists, (First published in The Australian, 6 October 2004.)

The Hon. Peter Howson, Pointing the Bone: Reflections on the Passing of ATSIC, (First published in Quadrant, June 2004) [125k PDF]

Dr Geoffrey Partington, The Australian History of Henry Reynolds. [100k PDF]

The Hon. Peter Howson, Abandoning ATSIC not Enough to Bring About Needed Change, (First published in the Canberra Times on 23 June 2004.)

The Hon. Peter Howson, Aboriginal Policy, (An edited version of an article published in the Melbourne Age on 20 April 2004.)

2003

Pastor Paul G. E. Albrecht AM, Comments on the Reeves Report, (A presentation at the Quadrant seminar held in Sydney, 21 August 1999: 'Rousseau v Reality: Aborigines and Australian Civilisation'.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Aboriginal Separatism Has Failed---So Let's Stop Funding It, (First published in The Australian, 20 June 2003.)

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, The Gulf Between Aboriginal Policies and Aboriginal People in Australia, (Paper delivered to Libertad y Desarrollo Institute, Santiago, Chile, on 6 June 2003.) Available as a PDF file only [80K]. [Appendices to the paper also available.]

The Hon. Peter Howson, The Failure of Aboriginal Segregation, (First published in Quadrant, May 2003.)

The Bennelong Society, Submission to the ATSIC Review Committee, (Originally submitted in February 2003.) [60k PDF]

The Hon. Peter Howson, Aborigines Need Economic Assimilation, (First published in The Australian Financial Review, 31 March 2003.)

2002

The Hon. Peter Howson, A Submission to the Inquiry into the Progress Towards National Reconciliation (Senate Legal and Constitutional Reference Committee, December 2002.) [70k PDF]

The Hon. Peter Howson, Apologies Are Not Enough, (First published in The Australian Financial Review, 5 June 2002.)

The Hon. Peter Howson, Why We Desperately Need New Aboriginal Policies, (First published in The Age, 10 May 2002.)

Peter Howson and Des Moore, A Rabbit-proof Fence Full of Holes, (First published in The Australian on 11 March 2002.)

The Hon. Peter Howson, Black Policies Have Bred Failure, (First published in The Australian on 21 January 2002.)

2001

Hon. Dr Gary Johns, Look for Strength in the Mainstream, (First published in The Australian on 22 November 2001.)

The Hon. Peter Howson, Bennelong---A Model?.

Senator the Hon. John Herron, A Speech on the occasion of the Launch of The Bennelong Society Website at Parliament House, Canberra on 15 May 2001.