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First Nations leaders Pabai Pabai and Paul Kabai filed a landmark class action against the Australian government to protect communities in the Torres Strait from climate change.
The Yoo-rrook Justice Commission is a royal commission seeking truth-telling on the historical and contemporary injustices experienced by First Nations peoples in Victoria.
While climate migration may be on the rise in Canada, it has been disproportionately impacting Indigenous people and communities for years.
The COVID-19 pandemic crisis could represent an opportunity to live up to all the recent talk of reconciliation in Canada.
There aren’t enough international and domestic laws to address how the interests of humans and the needs of wildlife overlap.
University, religious and sports gatherings often begin with an Indigenous Land acknowledgement. But what do they mean? And how can settler groups begin to walk the talk?
The recent nuclear explosions in Russia serve as a reminder of the threat that nuclear weapons pose. Canada is uniquely situated to work toward the elimination of nuclear weapons globally.
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.
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.
Historically, western corporate maps have been privileged over Indigenous ones. But given the essential debate of territory in resource conflicts, maps are a crucial tool.
As treaty negotiations begin in Victoria, each party will have to accept the other’s legitimacy; that their own power is not absolute and unconditional.
The rejection of the Referendum Council’s Report has derailed Indigenous constitutional recognition. Treaties at the state and territory level offer a clear path forward for meaningful reform.
The government has rejected the Referendum Council’s call for a national Indigenous representative assembly to be put into the Constitution.
Implicit in Malcolm Turnbull’s and Bill Shorten’s arguments that an Indigenous ‘voice to parliament’ would be a big change is the notion that it may be too difficult.
Treaties have to be the foundation for constitutional recognition, not the reverse.
At the same time as it’s become clear that Indigenous people won’t accept a limited change, the right in Australian politics has become more determined to oppose any amendment.
Indigenous Australians have issued a statement calling for constitutional reform that is substantive and meaningful.
Guaranteed representation reduces the distance between policymakers and the people for whom policy is made.
No treaty between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians has ever been recognised, but developments at the state level suggest this may soon change.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
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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, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Canada Research Chair in Economy and Environment, Queen's University, Ontario
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
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Commissioner, Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, University of Tasmania
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Duncan Ivison is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Research Fellow and Associate, Global and Engagement, National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth and Justice, Federation University Australia
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Associate Professor, Law Faculty, Monash University
