Creative Equity Toolkit

It's time for Australia to boycott brown-face

Tongan Australian writer Winnie Dunn reviews the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's 'Jonah from Tonga', about a fictional Pasifika boy played by a white man in brown-face, Chris Lilley.

'...the question is not about whether white people are entitled to have an opinion on this issue, but rather, who is in a greater position to assess whether this issue is a problem – the group committing the act or the group affected by it?'

Jack Callil and Bec Kavanagh Letter of Resignation

Jack Callil and Bec Kavanagh resigned as emerging book critics for Australia's Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers 'in opposition to the lack of diversity in the selection, which resulted in an all-white group of peers.'

'The selection fails to reflect Australia's diverse literary community, and is a missed opportunity to support non-white voices in arts criticism in Australia.'

Museum Detox

UK organisation of museum and heritage workers of colour working to democratise narratives, tell hidden histories and champion fair representation in galleries, libraries and archives and offer stories and counter-narratives for strength, power and resilience.

National Best Practice Framework for Indigenous Cultural Competency in Australian Universities

A best practice framework for the Australian higher education sector to embed Indigenous Cultural Competency. Defines cultural competency, stocktakes international practices, discusses culturally competent pedagogy including suggestions for curricula, activities and assessment procedures, and offers guiding principles for the sector.