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Memo to migrants: please stay off the path to welfare’ – Noel Pearson:
There is something more important for migrants coming to our country than passing an English language test to become new Australians. Indeed, as much as we want them to assimilate…
Warrior spirits: The Wik women who stood up for their land and communities
The Wik V Queensland case was backed by strength and tenacity of the Traditional Owners, many who were women and leaders in their communities. It was a powerful and potent…
Malcolm Turnbull urged to answer calls for ‘voice’ to parliament
Malcolm Turnbull has been urged to “immediately” answer calls for an indigenous “voice” to parliament regardless of his view on whether the body would win support at a referendum. Launching…
‘Voice’ plan ready, ‘sense of justice’ still needed
Malcolm Turnbull’s criticism of the Referendum Council’s report on indigenous constitutional recognition — that it contained too little detail — will be answered today with a sweeping set of proposals…
Indigenous community fights to preserve language that gave Australia the word ‘kangaroo’
An Indigenous language that has survived for more than 50,000 years and gave Australia the word “kangaroo” is fighting to stay alive amid fears the number of fluent speakers is…
Review: Wik vs Queensland
Any first year law student could tell you the importance of Wik Peoples v Queensland [1996] HCA 40. The High Court was asked to examine whether statutory pastoral leases extinguished the rights…
Noel Pearson offers PM a new path to First Nations voice
Noel Pearson has offered Malcolm Turnbull an olive branch on indigenous constitutional recognition, telling a parliamentary committee there are ways to ensure a proposed advisory voice to parliament does not…
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti: AFL player passionate about indigenous education
Indigenous AFL star Anthony “Walla” McDonald-Tipungwuti could not read or write when he was thrown into a Victorian school at the age of 16. He spoke very little English and…
Remember passive welfare? It’s real, it’s still here and it’s hurting our children – Noel Pearson
Passive welfare has fallen out of the lexicon of Australia’s political leaders. Passive welfare is the idea that long-term government income support and certain forms of service delivery actually lock…
Law Council supports calls for Voice to Parliament
The Law Council has today called on the Australian Government to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to constitutionally enshrine a representative Voice to the Australian Parliament. The…
AMA Endorses Uluru Statement from the Heart
The AMA Federal Council has endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which calls for a First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution. Regarded by some as the “most important piece…
Aboriginal Councils address concerns at Cairns forum
FAR Northern indigenous communities are urging the Federal Government to extend its housing investment package that is due to end this month. Lockhart Shire Council Mayor Wayne Butcher said overcrowding…