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Articles on Aboriginal Land Rights
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Senate Inquiry report “A way forward” recommended Aboriginal heritage protection be co-designed with Aboriginal people. However WA’s new Aboriginal Heritage Act seems to prioritise mining interests.
Western Australia’s Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2021 is set to become law. But the new legislation states one elected official will decide whether heritage sites are destroyed for development.
How can we improve the management of Queensland’s heritage sites? Can farming and the conservation of Aboriginal heritage co-exist?
Recently Queensland police recognised the cultural rights of Wangan and Jagalingou people to conduct ceremony under provisions of a Human Rights Act. What does this mean for other Traditional Owners?
The A Way Forward report addresses the issues of cultural heritage protection in Australia after Rio Tinto destroyed Juukan Gorge. However, achieving change will be far from straightforward.
There is a contradiction between the New South Wales government’s plan for Closing the Gap and its persecution of Aboriginal people who want to maintain their saltwater culture.
In the wake of the Juukan Gorge blast, more land authority is shifting back to First Nations people.
Jacinta Price’s parliamentary agenda.
Jacinta Price discusses her pre-selection victory and political agenda with Michelle Grattan
An honest reckoning with Captain Cook’s legacy won’t heal things overnight. But it’s a start.
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The impact of 1770 has never eased for Aboriginal people. It was a collision of catastrophic proportions.
An appeal to the full court of the Federal Court still stands in the way of Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine.
Neither of the two federal investigations into fish deaths in the Darling River include any Indigenous representation.
A federal system could deliver on three of the four key elements of the Uluru Statement. Plus, all the elements already exist or are in the works in Australia.
The decision will have huge implications for Indigenous peoples who have lost their land rights and for state and territory governments that may be liable for compensation.
Enthusiasm for Indigenous treaties at the state and territory level is misplaced. The power to bring about real change lies only at federal level.
While planning policies and practices have contributed to marginalising Indigenous people, planners can now work with them to ensure they have their rightful say in shaping Australian communities.
What happens when the gap between a company and its umbrella group gets too wide? We’re about to find out.
Imagine if we did urban development in a way that honours Indigenous histories, knowledge and relationships with those places.
A new book reveals the drama and comedy of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s famous “hand back” of Gurindji land in 1975, following the Wave Hill Walk-Off 50 years ago – and the bittersweet aftermath.
The Gurindji people of the Northern Territory made history 50 years ago by standing up for their rights to land and better pay. But a new book reveals the deeper story behind the Wave Hill Walk-Off.
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Chair of National Native Title Council and Ngalia Cultural Leader, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor of Urban Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Professorial Fellow, Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Victoria University
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Associate Professor and Director of the RMIT Business and Human Rights Centre, RMIT University
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Professor Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Fellow, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
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Writer, Historian and PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Masters student, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
