Namatjira might just be as significant a bridge between blackfella and whitefella as the now fading memory of the march across the coathanger, or even the apology. It has all the ingredients for exemplifying what can be achieved, writes Lloyd Bradford Syke of Crikey theatre blog Curtain Call.
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Learning from Howard’s record on reconciliation
We should be optimistic, but we should not forget how the “sorry debate” came to be so big an issue for this nation. We should not forget how easy it is for Indigenous issues to become the ball in a game of dirty party politics. And we should not forget that most of the senior members of Howard’s cabinet those who so gutlessly acquiesced to the bitter agenda of a small man are still in parliament today, writes Chris Graham.
