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A review of 20 studies shows that sport can improve outcomes for Indigenous youth in education and culture, but the evidence on longer-lasting impacts is lacking.
Queensland has become the latest state or territory to embark on an Indigenous treaty process. But for lasting progress to be made, the federal government cannot shirk its responsibility.
It would be another miracle if the Morrison government managed to have a referendum passed to give Australia's Indigenous people constitutional recognition.
Ken Wyatt's promise of a referendum on constitutional recognition within three years marks a dramatic shift from the Turnbull government's rejection of the Uluru Statement of the Heart.
A report on primary health care found New Zealand fails to deliver good outcomes for Māori because the state does not stand aside to allow Māori to take charge of their own affairs.
The MMIWG report didn't address the poverty that has had such a devastating effect on First Nations. Encouraging active participation by the Indigenous in the Canadian economy is a win-win for everyone.
This Canada Day might be a good time for Canadians to think about the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action that ask Canadians to reject European sovereignty over Indigenous lands and peoples.
Political scientists concern themselves with ideas of democracy. Now that Canada's PM has accepted the finding of genocide, this changes how and what political scientists need to discuss.
The final MMIWG report says that genocide does not refer only to the deliberate murder of some or all members of a particular social group. It also refers to the destruction of a group as a social unit.
An Indigenous sovereign wealth fund would finance community needs such as housing, health care, sports facilities, scholarships, Indigenous businesses and low-carbon energy -- in perpetuity.
The United States could learn from Canada's national attention being put on the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Several Indigenous rugby league players have vowed not to sing the national anthem during this week's State of Origin match. Will the protest spark a conversation, or fizzle out?
Geoff Crisp speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics.
Policies aimed at reducing youth suicide will fail if they don't acknowledge the cumulative effects of history, associated intergenerational trauma and ongoing violence towards Indigenous Australians.
Canada's federal government is running out of time before the summer session to pass a bill that would pardon those convicted of minor cannabis possession.
Few First Nations candidates have succeeded in getting elected to parliament, but it is clear that when they do, they can make a substantial difference.
Thunder Bay has received national press for its historically inequitable relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Local journalism could help the city face those challenges.
The International Year of Indigenous Languages serves as a good impetus to start implementing policies that prioritises Africa's own languages.
In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Anzac stories are often coloured by racism and ongoing injustices that negate the myth of Anzac 'mateship'.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW Law School; Director, Referendums Project, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW
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Professor of Political Science and Research Leadership Chair for the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University
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ARC Indigenous Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor in Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer and Academic Coordinator, Nura Gili Indigenous Programs Unit, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Design Anthropology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University
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Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
