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A man carries an eagle feather as police prepare to enforce an injunction against protesters who were blocking a road used to access to the Port of Vancouver during a demonstration in support of Wet'suwet'en Nation hereditary chiefs on Feb. 25, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

February 27, 2020

Indigenous civil rights blockades should be met with a new diplomacy, not violence

Terry Mitchell, Wilfrid Laurier University

Canada is at a critical crossroads. The Wet’suwet’en conflict brings us to a deciding moment in Canada, one that will shape the future of the nation.

The process will also develop ways to get more Indigenous input to state and local decisions, especially on the issue of service delivery. Lukas Coch/AAP

October 29, 2019

Proposed Indigenous ‘voice’ will be to government rather than to parliament

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

Two prominent Indigenous Australians have been appointed to chair a senior advisory group to oversee an extensive process for developing options for an Indigenous “voice to government”.

Women of the Peppimenarti community, about 320 km south-west of Darwin. The statistics suggest Indigenous households in remote and very remote areas are more effective at managing money to avoid hardship. AAP Image/Dan Peled

October 31, 2018

Traditional culture may help Indigenous households manage money better

Robert Breunig, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University and Boyd Hunter, Australian National University

We decided to dig into the statistics and compare the experience of financial stress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous households. Our findings surprised us.

The Fitzroy River in flood in 2017. Luke Bevan

June 20, 2018

New river council will give traditional owners in the Kimberley a unified voice

Sue Jackson, Griffith University and Sarah Laborde, Griffith University

The new Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council aims to overcome a management problem faced by many traditional owners: the fact that major rivers flow through lands home to many different groups and languages.

Lower Hutt, population 105,000. Debates on urbanisation are usually dominated by Auckland, but most of New Zealand’s urban population are in small and medium-size cities. Jam74/Wikipedia

April 2, 2018

The urban agenda: what will New Zealand’s new government bring for towns and cities?

Jenny McArthur, UCL

New Zealand’s coalition government plans to transition to a low-emissions economy while also addressing major urban issues such as unaffordable housing, inequality and poverty.

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