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Two very different exhibitions communicate critical evidence about the Aboriginal experience of the 1967 referendum, through which the Australian constitution was amended to remove the racist provisions of ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ 51 and 127.

That victory certainly did not end racism in Australia, but opened up the possibility of a broader, unfinished struggle.

Ms Saffaa is aΒ SaudiΒ artist currently studying in Australia. As part of her practice, she creates murals championing the freedom of women inΒ SaudiΒ Arabia β€” in particular drawing attention to the prohibitive β€œguardianΒ­ship” laws.

Under these laws, women must be accompanied by a male β€œguardian” to do many every day activities β€” laws the Saudi regime slightly relaxed last month in a sign of pressure from campaigners.

Via Twitter, Saffaa’s work was taken up by a grassroots movement inΒ SaudiΒ Arabia and is now synonymous with the struggle to end these laws.

Barbara McGrady at Occupy Sydney, 2011.

"Ngurragah," says Barbara McGrady, and smiles. The word, pronounced "nuh-ruh-gah", is one of her favourite utterances. But this committed activist and community photographer won't be using it to describe her latest exhibition, being held as part of Head On, the second largest photography festival in the world.

D-Boy, left, and Tjimba talk to GLW.

"We wanted to do everything on this album," Tjimba Possum-Burns tells ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ Weekly. He is talking about Standing Strong, the aptly-titled second album by Yung Warriors.