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Articles by Robyn Oxley
We must raise the age of criminal responsibility, here is why
Defunding the police and abolishing prisons are not radical ideas It is not so radical to say we need to defund police and pour much needed funds and resources into areas that improve social issues such as housing, health, education and employment. These, in turn, reduce the incarceration rates of Aboriginal people and reduces the over-reliance of degrading and dehumanising punitive measures such as prisons.
What’s pride in a country without pride in ourselves?
On the 26 January 1938 this day was declared a Day of Mourning for Indigenous peoples in Australia.
Defunding the police and abolishing prisons are not radical ideas
The past few months have sparked conversations about defunding the police, specifically through the Black Lives Matter protests held around the world. I want to explain, from a criminological point of view, why this is imperative. We know that there have been more than 440 Aboriginal deaths in custody, according to Guardian Australia, since the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody report and recommendations were released in 1991.
OPINION: Indigenous Round is not a marketing strategy, repeat after me
Sport, in Australia, is full of racism. Just ask Eddie Betts, Adam Goodes and Nicky Winmar to name but a few examples. Institutional racism exists because the companies, organisation and institutes allow this to occur - because it only really impacts a few people, right? Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people make up 3.3 per cent of the total population in Australia.
Black spaces, White faces: retaining custodianship of Indigenous Knowledges
For too long now it has been widely accepted that non-Indigenous people take up the spaces that Indigenous people should occupy. To be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander academic in Australia is a feat in itself, and I say this simply because the engagement between Aboriginal people and the education sector, namely universities, has predominantly been subjected to research by non-Indigenous people.
(Are we) in this together?
We are in National Reconciliation week which commenced on 27 May 2020. It runs for one week per year at the same time. The day before this week is National Sorry Day. One day to reflect on the pain and suffering Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and their communities mourn the loss of the Stolen Generations. Yet, we continue to see Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children removed from their families and communities at alarming rates.
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