In 2011, the Australian federal government embarked on a consultation process intended to
advance its policy agenda with regard to Indigenous peoples in the Northern Territory. This …

ABSTRACT The Mabo (No. 2) decision in 1992 has been described as a historical turning
point for the nation. In popular memory, it is associated with Eddie Mabo, then Prime Minister …

Historically, Australian governments have resisted recognising Indigenous rights, and the
courts have also often denied recognition of rights for Indigenous people. This article argues …

No treaties between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the Australian state
have ever been recognised. In recent months, however, several states and territories have …

In 2018, Australia took up its first three-year term as a Member State of the United Nations
Human Rights Council ('UNHRC'). In its bid for election, Australia made a number of …

Bill Onus' protest slogan for the Australian Aborigines League, dating from the late 1940s to
the early 1950s, speaks to the core of the struggle for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …

Since the late 1990s, Australian NGOs1 have engaged in United Nations ('UN') human
rights processes. 2 Before then, Aboriginal legal services and other Aboriginal organisations …

In the shadow of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
adopted and endorsed by 143 nations on 17th September 2007, the then Howard …

As Australia moves into the twenty-first century, its policy towards its Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples has focused on two primary areas:(1) making Aboriginal and Torres …

Abstract Then newly elected Labor Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, made a historic statement of
“Sorry” for past injustices to Australian Indigenous peoples at the opening of the 2008 …