Daniel James

is a Yorta Yorta man and an award-winning writer and broadcaster.

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News July 05, 2025

Yoorrook’s call for action on truth

The Yoorrook Justice Commission offers the Victorian government the chance to lead the country in acknowledging the truth and full history of First Nations genocide.

News October 12, 2024

The post-Intervention plight of Alice Springs

The impacts of the Howard government’s flawed Intervention are still being felt in Alice Springs almost two decades on, as crime and violence rise and locals feel increasingly uneasy.

News November 23, 2024

The fight for Treaty in Victoria

Following the defeat of the Voice, the Treaty negotiations that began in Victoria this week represent the last active process to give First Nations people agency over the decisions that affect them.

News October 28, 2023

The ‘Yes’ case responds: ‘It’s a white flag from Labor’

After a week of silence, leading ‘Yes’ campaigners have begun to detail three ways forward for the movement – including fighting to keep Peter Dutton out of office.

Comment October 21, 2023

Treaty and the damage done

“In the immediate aftermath of the stone-cold rejection of the Voice to Parliament and the constitutional recognition it entailed, there have been calls from all sides of the debate to initiate a treaty process now the Voice has fallen.”

Comment October 14, 2023

The unavoidable consequences of the referendum

“Today we will know. We will know what sort of country we want to be, whether the narrow path to victory for the ‘Yes’ campaign has petered out into a track to nowhere or whether, beyond the telling of every opinion poll, today will result …”

Life August 19, 2023

From Maloga to the Voice

One of the earliest offers by First Nations people to help repair the damage of colonisation ended in failure. How does the history of Cummeragunja demonstrate the value of the Voice?

Comment May 27, 2023

Stan Grant and the anti-Voice trolls

“Late last week the seemingly impossible happened. Stan Grant, a veteran Wiradjuri journalist, with a 40-year career spanning commercial news outlets at home and abroad before his arrival at the ABC, announced he was taking a break. During his time at …”

News February 06, 2021

Collingwood and racism in the AFL

After a long history of AFL players of colour being abused and left unsupported by the league, it was not surprising when a report into Collingwood FC this week found systemic racism. Can Eddie McGuire start the process of doing better?

Life December 22, 2018

The Horne Prize: Ten More Days

The 2018 Horne Prize was awarded to this unique account of intergenerational trauma.