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Stories by Nicole Watson

Nicole Watson is a Murri lawyer and researcher with the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney.

LITTLE BLACK DUCK: Mining the truth

By Nicole Watson, May 1, 2013

Fortescue Metals Group's Andrew Forrest.

NATIONAL: Election campaigns bring out the worst aspects of our character. Voters are encouraged to focus on our hip-pockets, and we are bombarded with imagery of politicians surrounding themselves with photogenic, young families.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Indigenous unemployment, Mining, Paul Cleary | Leave a comment

LITTLE BLACK DUCK: We must continue calls for Treaty

By Nicole Watson, April 11, 2013

NATIONAL: The words, ‘Aboriginal sovereignty’, have given rise to a diversity of meaning, writes NICOLE WATSON.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Indigenous rights, Sovereignty, Treaty | 2 Comments

LITTLE BLACK DUCK: We must paws to think of the positive

By Nicole Watson, February 28, 2013

NATIONAL: Media coverage of Aboriginal communities is invariably depressing. All too often, we are confronted with images of violence and hopelessness. It is not only the mainstream press that is drawn to tragedy, writes NICOLE WATSON.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged RSPCA | Leave a comment

LITTLE BLACK DUCK: We are a lot poorer for ATSIC’s absence

By Nicole Watson, November 21, 2012

NATIONAL: NICOLE WATSON* searches the archives of ATSIC’s website and laments the fact we have no national independent voice.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged ATSIC, Constitutional Reform, Sovereignty, Treaty | Leave a comment

LITTLE BLACK DUCK: Marcia in the middle of a class debate

By Nicole Watson, September 25, 2012

Controversial Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton.

(AAP IMAGE/ALAN PORRITT)

NATIONAL: A recent speech by Marcia Langton chastising the Aboriginal middle class for accessing benefits was widely picked up by media. NICOLE WATSON* thinks the issue is far from black and white.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Aboriginal Middle Class, Marcia Langton | 9 Comments

LITTLE BLACK DUCK: Justice delayed is justice denied

By Nicole Watson, August 28, 2012

NATIONAL: Two land rights warriors – Eddie Mabo and John Koowarta – passed away without seeing any sort of justice. What does that say about this country, asks NICOLE WATSON*.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Eddie Mabo, John Koowarta, Land Rights, Native Title | Leave a comment

Forget the courts, let’s turn to the tents

By Nicole Watson, July 3, 2012

A police officer stands outside Queensland Parliament during a protest by members of the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy last year. (AAP IMAGE/PATRICK HAMILTON)

NATIONAL: Grassroots political advocacy will achieve more for Aboriginal people than the legal system, writes NICOLE WATSON*.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Aboriginal activism, Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Edition 14, Murri Tent Embassy | Leave a comment

LITTLE BLACK DUCK: A broken promise for social justice

By Nicole Watson, May 18, 2012

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating. The Keating government promised to deliver a Social Justice Package, which still has not been fulfilled. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy)

NATIONAL: As the anniversary of the landmark Mabo decision nears, we should focus on the Keating government’s failure to deliver its Social Justice Package, writes NICOLE WATSON*.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Land Rights, Mabo, Native Title, Paul Keating, Social Justice Package | Leave a comment

LITTLE BLACK DUCK: As long as we have youth, we still have hope

By Nicole Watson, April 4, 2012

NATIONAL: NICOLE WATSON* reflects on the importance of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, and why Australia should revere it.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Edition 12, Invasion Day, Mainstream Media, The Australian | 1 Comment

LITTLE BLACK DUCK: Stronger Futures built on a weak past

By Nicole Watson, March 19, 2012

Prime Minister Julia Gillard releasing the discussion paper Stronger Futures. (AAP IMAGE/ALAN PORRITT)

NATIONAL: NICOLE WATSON* often thinks of being a responsible ancestor. She just wishes the current crop of politicians would have the same idea.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Close the Gap, NT Intervention, Stronger Futures | 1 Comment