Articles and Speeches by Peter Howson



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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Problems In The Remote Communities Of Australia: An Overview. A paper delivered to the Bennelong Society Conference in Canberra, in August 2003.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Bennelong---A Model?.




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