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I wonder if people realise that traditional Aboriginal culture was able to manage DV through the kinship system. It did this through the avoidance relationship between a husband and his mother-in-law. For those who do not know, in Australian traditional Aboriginal law all husbands are required to avoid their mother-in-laws. They cannot look at them,…

When I lived on country, in a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, my mother who is no longer among us, talked about the importance of the Aboriginal method of learning. It wasn’t until years later that it all made sense to me. Mum talked about Look, Listen and Learn. She explained it to…

There are many different models of care and health systems out there. From what I have learnt from living out bush, for many Aboriginal nations its Spirit Mind Body, here’s why.To help you understand let’s use the computer, it’s something that you probably know very well.The body is the computer hardware.Our consciousness is the operating…