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Opening Address for the Abrahamic Leaders’ Dinner, Victoria Wiradjuri Language Note: This speech uses Wiradjuri language, the language of the largest single nation on the continent. Key terms: Ngurambang (Country, law, belonging), Dhuray (connection), Winhangadhurinya (deep listening), Mandaang guwu (thank … Read More »
After the Fracture: Resurgence and the Sovereignty of the Every’when A companion to: Resurgence: Refusal, Renewal, and the Sovereignty of Country (2025) Prepared in the lead-up to NAIDOC Week 2026 — 50 Years Deadly ********************************** To refuse is not to … Read More »
war is murder children die mothers cry war is murder no justification sufficient no excuse enough to cover up the truth for war is murder children die mothers cry war is murder revenge for the crimes of a few inflicted … Read More »
When is a bomb not a terrorist attack? When it lands in the midst of Aboriginal people on Invasion Day No outcry No uproar No call for a Royal Commission Just silence No politicians throwing brickbats at each other or … Read More »
Over these two days I have sat among clergy listening to their testimonies — stories of faith filled with certainty, conviction, and vivid encounters with Jesus and God. Their words were confident and assured. They spoke of salvation as something … Read More »
(Matthew 3:13–17) Jesus walks not from heaven but from home, dust on his feet, questions warm in his chest, the slow ache of becoming still unnamed. He comes without spectacle, without certainty, without script or halo, stepping toward water that … Read More »
There is a particular kind of captivity that doesn’t look like chains. It looks like certainty. It looks like belonging. It looks like salvation. It looks like a set of rules you call “faith” or “discipline” or “doing the right … Read More »
I’ve just finished at the Woodford Folk Festival and what a buzz. There are places where you feel your shoulders drop the moment you arrive — not because the world has suddenly become perfect, but because something in the atmosphere … Read More »
Assimilation is often described as a choice — something Indigenous people opted into in order to belong. That story assumes conscious decision-making, clear alternatives, and freedom to refuse. My experience tells a different story. What is commonly called assimilation is … Read More »
When the unthinkable breaks into our days we move as though underwater— time slows, edges blur, the world becomes a mirage we cannot trust. Questions circle without landing: How did this happen? What does it mean? How will I carry … Read More »