It would be another miracle if the Morrison government managed to have a referendum passed to give Australia's Indigenous people constitutional recognition.
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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.
Ken Wyatt on constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians
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Ken Wyatt says he is "optimistic about achieving [constitutional recognition] because...Australians will generally accept an opportunity to include Aboriginal people" and that he will work with "naysayers".
While the new minister has the chance to make a real difference, unrealistic expectations of him should be tempered- real change will take not just the whole government, but the nation.
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.
For First Nations peoples to recover from the multiple harms of settler colonialism, they must take control of the services they need, free from the control and interference of the settler state.
The proposals Abbott has pushed as envoy - more police in Indigenous communities and learning in English - demonstrates his ignorance and unsuitability for the job.
A mossy sanctuary in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges houses 92 sculptures, mostly of Arrernte and Pitjantjatjara men, women and children. They are steeped in primitivism, yet the park is a popular tourist attraction.
Australia is on track to meet its 'Closing the Gap' employment target, but more than a decade late.
Care needs to be taken in interpreting progress on closing the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and ascribing it to actual policy change.
The tenth Closing the Gap report shows only three of the seven targets are on track to be met.
As it becomes ever more entangled in battles over the meaning of our history, Australia Day will find it difficult to foster common belonging and social cohesion.
The government has rejected the Referendum Council's call for a national Indigenous representative assembly to be put into the Constitution.
Despite the promise of Black Lives Matter, it has not been taken up as a central political movement by Indigenous Australians.
Feral cats and pigs, mission grass and climate change - in western Arnhem Land, Indigenous rangers are battling many environmental threats. Through painting and performance, they are also telling 'healthy country' stories.
The Mabo decision changed Australia's concept of land ownership. It was a divisive yet important step toward recognising Indigenous rights and establishing native title.
Guaranteed representation reduces the distance between policymakers and the people for whom policy is made.
Relations between Indigenous peoples and environmentalists can be productive for both parties, but they will always be unstable.
The report focus on the government’s own policies fails to acknowledge genuine differences of opinion on key issues such as constitutional recognition and income management.
Kevin Rudd called for more to be done to halt the increasing number of Indigenous children being removed from their families.
Kontributor teratas
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer and Academic Coordinator, Nura Gili Indigenous Programs Unit, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW Law School; Director, Referendums Project, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW
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Lecturer in Public Policy and Governance, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Australian History, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Chair of Development Effectiveness, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer (Geographic Information Systems), Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Chancellor, University of Canberra
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
