Anthony Dillon

Dr. Anthony Dillon is an honorary fellow at the Institute of Positive Psychology and Education at the Australian Catholic University. He is a regular commentator on Australian Indigenous affairs and has worked in the field for two decades.

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Don’t Pin All Hopes on the Government—We Are the Ones Who Will Make Australia Great Again

Perhaps we have been so preoccupied with the villains and heroes show, that we’ve conveniently forgotten to look ...

Viewpoints April 9, 2025
The Questions That Must Be Asked Before We Vote on The Voice

Commentary With a referendum approaching, people will be asked to vote yes or no to the proposed Indigenous ...

Viewpoints April 11, 2023
Don’t Be so Fast to Write Off Alcohol Bans as ‘Useless’ and ‘Racist’

Commentary With alcohol bans being reinstated in the Northern Territory, we can expect more discussion about whether they ...

Viewpoints February 16, 2023
How We Can Make the ‘Voice’ Work

Commentary Plenty has been said about the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament; some of it has been thought ...

Viewpoints November 23, 2022
‘The Voice’ Is Not a Debate About Racism

Commentary There has been much written about the Indigenous voice to the Australian Parliament in recent times (hereafter ...

Viewpoints August 19, 2022
Does the Uluru Statement Help Aboriginal Australians?

Commentary I recently read an article on an ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) web page with the headline “Prime ...

Viewpoints May 29, 2022
Should We Change the Date of Australia Day?

Commentary For a decade now, I have voiced my opinion on the controversy surrounding Australia Day. My views ...

Viewpoints January 25, 2022
The ‘Pascoe Fiasco’: 3 Thoughts on the ‘Dark Emu’ Debate

Commentary The "Pascoe fiasco" has well and truly been in overdrive since the release of Peter Sutton and ...

Viewpoints June 29, 2021