‘A white man’s fantasy’: if we want to rebuild social cohesion, we need to acknowledge where it all started to unravel (opens in new tab)

Australia has a serious problem with social cohesion, but it’s no good pretending it’s recent. Koori civilisation has been torn asunder ever since the convict ships dropped anchorWarning: This article contains racist and offensive language that may be distressing to some readersThings fall apart, as Chinua Achebe warned us. And “things” – the climate, the social contract, the rules-based international order – seem to be falling apart at a rate of knots. They fell apart spectacularly and horri...