While Aboriginal deaths in custody remains a core area of advocacy for the Aboriginal Rights Coalition we respect the work of Uncle Ray Jackson in establishing the Aboriginal Social Justice Alliance which has outlined deaths in custody as its core area of social justice work and provided support of sister organisation
Nationally Aboriginal people continue to suffer:
Redfern's historic "Block" will be the site of the Aboriginal Rights Coalition's (ARC) first national conference, to be held on May 23-25. The Socialist Alliance gives full support to this initiative, a valuable occasion for Aboriginal people and their supporters from around Australia to share experiences and chart the way forward for Indigenous rights.
Indigenous rights is probably the area of politics most marked by the contradictory approach of the Rudd government in its first five months in office.
One the one hand it has made some important gestures, starting with the February 13 apology to the Stolen Generations and signing up to "close the gap" in Indigenous health, education and housing.