After more than 30 years of federalism, ethnic conflict in Ethiopia hasn’t been resolved – but neither has the country disintegrated.
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There is a history of languages being graded harshly.
The end of native timber harvesting in Victoria offers a generational opportunity for First Peoples to care for Forest Country
What does ‘justice reinvestment’ mean in practice? Who makes funding decisions? To find out more, we consulted Aboriginal communities in Bourke, Moree and Mount Druitt.
Children do not always need to be independent or unsupervised to gain in autonomy and a sense of control. Just being able to walk around expands their world.
The sad reality is that if the demands of these early activists had been met nearly a century ago, we would not be suffering the severe disadvantage that hovers over Aboriginal lives still today.
In 2023, International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks 90 years since the Nazis assumed power. Disabled people were the first Holocaust victims; Nazi programs discriminated against and murdered them.
In partnership with the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, the Victorian government has committed to advancing state treaty processes. This is through a new bill establishing a Treaty Authority.
The Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive and Lesbian Oral History Project focus on gathering stories from the generation that began using the term lesbian, and those who still can’t.
We cannot allow climate change mitigation and adaptation to become another colonial process of dispossession and disempowerment.
Formal hearings of the Yoorrook Justice Commission have begun in Melbourne. This is the first Indigenous-led justice commission of this kind in the world.
First Nations media organisations play a crucial role in emergency situations. However
Namibia’s refusal to condemn Russia undermines the credibility of its claims to support sovereignty, territorial integrity, and self-determination of all nations.
Last month, the government published the Indigenous Voice co-design final report. However, ways to ensure First Nations self-determination remain lacking in the strategy.
People can counter the helplessness felt during the pandemic and build power by creating a sense of purpose and community amid the confusion of COVID-19.
What’s happening in Belize is a work in progress. Its citizens pursue diverse self-determined actions along with repatriation as steps toward generational healing and redress.
How can we reconcile competing claims that colonialism of any kind is detrimental with the view that Afghanistan has been failed by the West?
This federal election, think about which parties are proposing to give power to Indigenous Peoples and their governments.
Although media outlets are including Indigenous voices in their reporting, some continue to exclude Indigenous authors, perspectives, and cultural contexts.
Colonial powers framed secessionism as a threat to state-building and not as an expression of self-determination
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Chancellor's Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law, Australian Catholic University
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Visiting Scholar, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews
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Professor in Biogeography, The University of Melbourne
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Commissioner, Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Race Relations, Deakin University
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor in Political Science and International Relations, UCL
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Reader in International Relations, University of Westminster
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Director/Chair of Aboriginal History - The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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PhD Candidate in Social Work and Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Law Faculty, Monash University
