Sarah Maddison’s new book, Black Politics, builds a picture of the last 25 years of Aboriginal political history. With Larissa Behrendt, they explore the issue of why Aboriginal communities still struggle so hard to be heard in mainstream politics.Chaired by Geoff Scott.
SARAH MADDISON (LOCAL) SARAH MADDISON is senior associate dean in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of NSW. She is co-editor of Silencing Dissent and co-author of Activist Wisdom. Her latest book, Black Politics: Inside the Complexity of Aboriginal Political Culture, draws on extensive interviews with activists and politicians to explain the dynamics of Aboriginal politics. It reveals the challenges and tensions that have shaped community, regional and national relations over the past 25 years.
LARISSA BEHRENDT (LOCAL) Larissa Behrendt is professor of Law and and director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney. Larissa is a judicial member of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal, Equal Opportunity Division and the Alternate Chair of the Serious Offenders Review Board. She has published on property law, Indigenous rights, dispute resolution and Aboriginal women's issues. Her book, Achieving Social Justice: Indigenous Rights and Australia's Future was published by The Federation Press in 2003. She won the 2002 David Uniapon Award and a 2005 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for her novel Home.
GEOFF SCOTT (LOCAL) Geoff Scott is a Wiradjiri man and the CEO of New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council. He is also been the Chair of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney. Geoff has had over 25 years experience in the public service working in Indigenous policy. He has been the Director-General of the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs and the Deputy and Acting CEO of ATSIC.
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