THE GOLDEN RULE: To walk in each other’s shoes

Tor Hundloe offers a thoughtful, impartial inquiry into the moral and political challenges at the heart of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Drawing from decades of lived experience, focus group research, and philosophical insight, the author—an advocate since the 1967 referendum—examines issues including the 2023 Voice referendum, the life expectancy gap, and contested concepts like treaty and truth-telling. Grounded in universal ethics and guided by the Golden Rule, this work challenges assumptions, confronts complexity, and seeks practical, respectful paths toward unity, justice, and understanding in contemporary Australia.

Tor Hundloe is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Queensland. He has held a professorship at Bond University. In the 1980s, he was the Director of the Institute of Applied Environmental Research at Griffith University. He has had various teaching and research appointments around the world. He specialises in economics, environmental science and economic anthropology.