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Australia’s first Treaty Bill a “historic step forward”

Indigenous Politics & Economy Social Justice

Australia reached a significant milestone by tabling the first ever treaty Bill in Victorian parliament. This follows a decades’ long...

Continued calls for QLD Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry as uncertainty remains

Indigenous Politics & Economy Social Justice

First Nations people and organisations from across the country continue calls for the new Queensland government to reverse their decision...

First Nations’ communities urge QLD premier to reconsider Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry

Indigenous

First Nations elders and Community leaders are urging the new QLD premier David Crisafulli to reconsider his decision to scrap...

Wadjemup Wirin Bidi, commemorating Rottnest Island’s dark history

Indigenous

This week, Aboriginal Elders and community groups from all over Western Australia will gather to commemorate Australia’s largest single Death-in-Custody...

Exploring the power of truth telling for reconciliation

Indigenous Politics & Economy Social Justice

A national report has found Australia is shifting rapidly in its perception of the country’s colonial past and the role...

Place renaming crucial in upholding First Nation’s heritage and culture

Communications & Culture Indigenous Politics & Economy Science & Environment Social Justice

Last week saw the end of a “10-year battle” over the naming of Queensland’s World Heritage listed Fraser Island –...

The ‘devilish’ question of British sovereignty

When Captain Cook planted the flag on Australia soil in 1788 he was acting outside the international laws of the...