#ruralandregionalaustralia — Public Fediverse posts

When Aboriginal people appeared in a 1950 film they were asked to invent dialogue. Now a spotlight is shining on the tale they told
By Douglas Smith

Bitter Springs was one of the first mainstream stories to challenge the right of settlers to take Indigenous land. A translation project has revealed the ‘creativity and genius’ of its Anangu extras

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/25/aboriginal-extras-1950-film-bitter-springs-translation-ntwnfb

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The Helen Haines tragedy has shocked Australia. Its horrors highlight the crumbling foundations of our system | Tom McIlroy
By Tom McIlroy

For many, especially women in parliament and other positions of authority, the arrival of violence in Australian politics has been long expected

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/24/helen-haines-tragedy-political-violence-australia-ntwnfb

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