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    • Charles Perkins

      Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 Hitching a ride to freedom During the 1950s and ’60s in the United States, something big was going on – black people were standing up for their rights. After years of segregation, protest and resistance by African-Americans, justice was finally done. The American Civil Rights Act was passed in […]

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    • Our National Shame

      Open letter urges ” let’s fix Indigenous health within 25 years. An open letter published in The Australian newspaper in December last year has called for an end to the national scandal in Indigenous health. Australia’s leading health, human rights, aid and development organisations have urged the Prime Minister John Howard, State Premiers, Territory Chief […]

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    • Pemulwuy – The Rainbow Warrior

      Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 Pemulwuy – The Rainbow Warrior While the 1960s and 70s marked the peak of Indigenous protest and activism in Australia, Indigenous people have been fighting for their rights long before the freedom rides or tent embassies of the modern era. And although our leaders of the mid-20th century might […]

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    • Bringing Them Home – You Don’t Have To Do It Alone

      Bringing Them Home counsellors came into existence in the late ’90s in response to the growing number of Indigenous families dealing with the effects of the Stolen Generations. Sandy Laughton is a Bringing Them Home (BTH) counsellor at the Goondir Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service in Dalby, Queensland. Goondir Health Service looks after […]

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    • Myall Creek

      Deadly Vibe Issue 103 September 2005 Remembering Myall Creek Reconciliation is all about forging a new future by honouring the past and healing old wounds. In many places across the country, Indigenous and non-Indigenous people have come together in various ways to acknowledge history and move forward in unity. One of the most poignant of […]

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