by admin | Jul 16, 2016 | Australia, Colonialism, Cultural safety, Education, Indigenous, Inequalities, Nursing, Power relations, Racism, Writing
by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | Aotearoa New Zealand, Arts, Australia, Colonialism, Cultural safety, Feminism, Indigenous, Inequalities, Multiculturalism, Power relations, Racism, Writing
On 15 February 2016, I spoke on 612 ABC Brisbane Afternoons with Kelly Higgins-Devine about cultural appropriation and privilege. Our discussion was followed by discussion with guests: Andie Fox – a feminist and writer; Carol Vale a Dunghutti woman; and...
by admin | Apr 5, 2015 | Australia, Carceral society, Colonialism, Cultural safety, Indigenous, Inequalities, Nursing, Racism, Writing
The view expressed by Tony Abbott (Prime Minister and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs), that taxpayers shouldn’t be expected to fund the “lifestyle choices” of Aboriginal people living in remote regions in support of Colin Barnett’s (West Australian Premier)...
by admin | Dec 16, 2014 | Australia, Carceral society, Colonialism, Islamophobia, language, Media, Racism, Writing
Last week I visited the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, which was the country of the Pydairrerme band of the Oyster Bay tribe, before being invaded and settled by Europeans. As a a recent arrival in Australia (from New Zealand in 2013), I see it as my responsibility to...
by admin | Sep 8, 2014 | Colonialism, Cultural safety, Indigenous, Inequalities, language, Media, Nursing, Racism, Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi, Writing
Nairn, DeSouza, Moewaka Barnes, Rankine, Borell, and McCreanor (2014). Nursing in media-saturated societies: implications for cultural safety in nursing practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Research in Nursing September 19:...
by admin | Aug 12, 2014 | Australia, Colonialism, Cultural safety, Indigenous, Inequalities, Nursing, Power relations, Racism, Writing
In August 2014 there was a wonderful story of how “people power” had freed a man in Perth, whose leg had become caught in the gap between a platform and train on his morning commute. You can watch the video here. What struck me about this story was...