The barramundi were of more interest than issues of crucial importance to the people of Arnhem Land.
Just as the grandmothers feared,Indigenous child removals persist while our recommendations sit on the shelf.
Before we leap to this law,consider the people it will acutely impact:First Nations women and their children. It could do them more harm than good.
As the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal recognition shows,if people are presented with a clear choice in a non-partisan way,they will overwhelmingly back progress.
The Coalition of Peaks closing-the-gap process is about refreshing a flawed policy.
One of the perennial challenges of protest is how to translate it into substantive and durable change.
Being constitutionally enshrined,the Voice to Parliament will be durable well beyond political timetables.