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March 29, 2018

A republic, justice and reconciliation

As we prepare to enjoy the 4-day Easter break across Australia, I would like to share some important reading. The republic is an Aboriginal issue - By Professor Megan Davis; Whitefella dreaming: It's time to discover our reconciled republic - By Mark McKenna; and Report: Pathways to Justice—Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples - By the Australian Law Reform Commission

March 19, 2018

Aboriginal Men’s Shed: ‘We’ll build it ourselves from scratch’

We were very pleased to have Kieran Finnane, a founding journalist of Alice Springs News Online, attend the launch of the Kurruna Mwarre Ingkintja–Good Spirit Men’s Place Research […]

December 18, 2017

Men’s Tjilirra Movement and the Young People’s Struggle Project

As the groundswell of support for CASSE’s Men’s Tjilirra Movement (MTM) continues to grow, the number of people enjoying the positive benefits of the MTM also […]

December 17, 2017

International recognition

John, Lord Alderdice (pictured above) is an International Ambassador for CASSE and a determined advocate for conflict resolution and social justice. He has forwarded to CASSE, for distribution to our network, the following correspondence regarding the role of the Government of England in relation to recognition of, and treaties with, First Nations people of Australia, Canada and New Zealand. He has also invited suggestions for follow-up questions.

November 9, 2017

Non-Indigenous Australians support ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’

Along with many First Nations People, many non-Indigenous Australians were disappointed in the Government’s response to the Referendum Council’s ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’, which was […]

November 2, 2017

Towards Awareness: Spaces of HOPE

Still reeling from the depths and deep impact that the - The Heart of the Matter : Deep listening, Dreaming and Joining the Dance conference provoked us to delve….. we quietly recover and reintegrate into the daily life of the world we each inhabit, the impact continues to be revealing and visceral.

September 18, 2017

The Heart of the Matter

CASSE was privileged to be among those invited to present, share and talk about our work at the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists' (RANZCP) 2017 Psychotherapy Conference, which was hosted at Uluru from the 15th to the 17th of September...

September 8, 2017

Between catastrophe and survival

Stan Grant's recent feature story about Captain Cook's arrival in Australia ('Between catastrophe and survival: The real journey Captain Cook set us on' By Stan Grant, ABC News, 25 Aug 2017) is a moving insight into the truths, lies, contradictions and possibilities around the 'birth' of Australia.

August 7, 2017

RANZCP Faculty of Psychotherapy Conference 2017

CASSE is proud to announce that Pamela Nathan, Director of CASSE's Aboriginal Australian Relations Program, will be the keynote speaker at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists' (RANZCP) Faculty of Psychotherapy Conference 2017.

July 3, 2017

Happy NAIDOC Week!

Language is a timeless bond that links a people with their history, their future, their land, their culture and their law. Language matters! Happy NAIDOC – […]

June 26, 2017

“No-one cares”

"You're rampaging around the streets at night and no-one cares … you've got no-one looking after you". A thirteen year old boy in Tennant Creek, whose father is being held on remand, awaiting trial for the alleged brutal murder of his mother in January this year, has 'gone off the rails'. He is a child whose life has been rampaged, ruptured, shattered and broken. His court appearance was devastating:

April 24, 2017

A Weaving Lesson

CASSE’S recent event, ‘The Day After Tomorrow – A CASSE Symposium on Breakthrough Recognition’, received many positive responses. Following is a reflective response to the Recognition Effect from […]