264 - Ben Abbatangelo

Like I'm A Six-Year-Old

Ben Abbatangelo is a proud Gunaikurnai and Wotjobaluk man and a social commentator. He’s the former deputy CEO of global non-profit AIME, has appeared regularly on The Project and the ABC and has written for The Guardian and The Saturday Paper.

Based on some of his recent work, I’ve sensed that Ben’s been going through something of a political shift of late, towards somewhere a bit more radical, and I was keen to talk him about it. In this conversation we discuss what that shift has involved, the naivety he’s left behind and what it means for his politics now. Ben also tells me about the legacy of the Northern Territory Intervention, explains the situation in Alice Springs and lays out the questions he’s asking about the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum and his sympathy for a progressive No vote.

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Ben's piece on The Project about First Nations people's response to the Queen's death

BEN'S ARTICLES: Reconciliation action plans let settlers take up more space, not relinquish it

Inside the Northern Territory Intervention

How to solve the real problems in Alice Springs

Cause of the Week: The Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (martuwarra.org)