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As we head toward a population of 32 million, our success will depend on our ability to ensure that as our norms change, our sense of community remains, says Emma Garlett.

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To love Australia is to participate in its progress

As we head toward a population of 32 million, our success will depend on our ability to ensure that as our norms change, our sense of community remains, says Emma Garlett.

Emma Garlett

Emma Garlett

If you want to dip your toe in the water and see why it’s important to change the date, consider these ways to spend this January 26 to help create a better Australia, writes Emma Garlett.

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Ways to spend Jan 26 if you want to change the date

If you want to dip your toe in the water and see why it’s important to change the date, consider these ways to spend this January 26 to help create a better Australia, says Emma Garlett.

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Emma Garlett

‘Gen Zs aren’t reacting against Australia Day ‘wokeness’, writes Emma Garlett.

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Gen Zs aren’t reacting against Australia Day ‘wokeness’

January 26 is not a day of unification. That is a modern myth, and there is a powerful shift in the younger generation.

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Emma Garlett is a legal academic and Nylyaparli-Yamatji-Nyungar woman.

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Make giving up impossible goals your 2026 resolution

This year, forget setting a resolution. Take the pressure off yourself. Live in the moment and start to breathe again.

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For many, that joyous, carefree Christmas narrative masks a vastly different reality which exists just beneath the surface.

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Joy feels mandatory at Christmas but not everyone is merry

For many that joyous, carefree Christmas narrative masks a vastly different reality which exists just beneath the surface.

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Emma Garlett

When you purchase a powerful message tee from the social enterprise Clothing The Gaps, you are not just buying apparel; you are funding advocacy and celebrating culture.

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Choose First Nations retailers for heartfelt Christmas gifts

Choosing to buy from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander-owned business this Christmas is an act that extends far beyond the transaction.

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FEA Emma Garlett, an Indigenous academic who writes a weekly column for The West and hosts the podcast Paint It Blak

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Benefits from Indigenous procurement policy must be shared

The Indigenous Procurement Policy must evolve from a concentrated wealth builder for a handful of companies to a genuine engine of nationwide, equitable empowerment.

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Emma Garlett is a legal academic and Nylyaparli-Yamatji-Nyungar woman.

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Sorry Victoria, WA’s treaty was actually Australia’s first

The Victorian Bill has widely been acknowledged as Australia’s first treaty with Traditional Owners. But according to two Australian legal academics, that’s an honour that actually belongs to WA.

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Emma Garlett is a legal academic and Nylyaparli-Yamatji-Nyungar woman.

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Exploitative ‘black cladders’ steal Aboriginal opportunities

Like greenwashing, pinkwashing and bluewashing, black cladding is a form of deceptive conduct. 

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FEA Emma Garlett, an Indigenous academic who writes a weekly column for The West and hosts the podcast Paint It Blak

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Housing crisis threatens progress on Closing the Gap targets

Australia’s capital cities now rank among the least affordable in the world, alongside notoriously expensive markets such as Hong Kong and San Francisco as house prices soar.

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Emma Garlett

Aboriginal bush tucker.

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Indigenous Australians need bigger slice of bush foods pie

It’s great to see Australians embrace our native foods. But it is important to remember that for Indigenous groups, this isn’t a passing fad. These are the foods that have sustained us for thousands of years.

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Victorian Indigenous treaty provides path for WA to follow

More than 200 years after the first boats carrying European settlers landed on this continent, an Australian government is poised to sign its first treaty with its original people. 

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Emma Garlett

WA Police have said the woman has been stood down while an investigation takes place.

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Cruelty laid bare as WA cop laughs at Indigenous man’s death

I am sickened, disgusted and appalled by the recording of a serving WA Police member laughing at a man’s death in custody.

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Emma Garlett

SWALSC paid $12m for the Spanish-themed El Caballo resort and neighbouring residential development at Wundowie through its Noongar Charitable Trust in 2020.

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Dud land deal exposes difficulties for Indigenous groups

Property is normally a safe investment, especially as prices soar. So something has gone wrong for the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council to have lost millions in a deal aimed to address homelessness.

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Emma Garlett

Sue-Anne Hunter has been appointed as the first national commissioner for Indigenous kids. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

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Inaugural commissioner should just be the beginning

The appointment of the inaugural Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children this week is powerful, but isn’t a solution.

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Liberal senator Michaelia Cash gave a strong take-down of Welcome to Country ceremonies.

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Welcome to country critics are manufacturing division

It’s an argument that undermines our social cohesion as as nation and betrays the generous, nurturing spirit welcome to country ceremonies are offered with. 

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Emma Garlett

According to the Diversity Council Australia’s Inclusion@Work Index, inclusive teams are far more innovative and effective than non-inclusive teams.

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Think diversity has gone too far? You might be the problem

I am tired of hearing people attributing the career success of others to their gender or race. 

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with Yolngu Elder Mr. Djawa Yunupingu during Garma Festival 2022 at Gulkula on August 04, 2023 in East Arnhem, Australia.

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WA’s Aboriginal resistance heroes deserve a day to celebrate

We are talking about the custodians of the oldest continuous living cultures on Earth. Surely that’s an achievement and a history that is deserving of a day off to celebrate? 

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Emma Garlett

Staff portrait Emma Garlett pictured in the studio.

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Strength is at the heart of existing as an Aboriginal person

It’s NAIDOC Week, and that means an opportunity to celebrate the strength, resilience and survival of First Nations people and commit to our ongoing empowerment.

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Emma Garlett

Narrogin Senior High School students Maylesha Turvey and Horriekeesha Williams celebrate NAIDOC Week.

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With its roots in mourning, NAIDOC Week is now a celebration

Today, NAIDOC Week is one of the most significant events on the Australian calendar. 

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Emma Garlett

Thousands of indigenous Australians live more than an hour away from health care.

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We can’t make excuses for poor Indigenous health outcomes

In a nation as wealthy and developed as Australia, we shouldn’t excuse poor health outcomes and shortened life expectancies suffered by First Nations Australians 

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Land management is next pathway for Traditional Owners

This is a positive development that has been gaining traction, giving traditional owners an opportunity for the management of their country.

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Emma Garlett

Stan Grant touched my heart, soul and helped shape my perspective on reconciliation.

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Every Aussie has a role to play in reconciliation journey

For most Australians, the answer is that we want to live together, unified as one nation, but also celebrating what makes us different. 

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Emma Garlett

“Change is generational. And the next generation, which has received education in schools about Aboriginal history, is in a great position.” says Emma Garlett.

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As Reconciliation Week nears, I’m optimistic for our future

Labor’s re-election offers Anthony Albanese another chance to follow through on his so far-unfulfilled commitment to implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full. 

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