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The struggle for rights, even dignity, for Indigenous people in this country could be likened to precariously building a sandcastle in cyclonic conditions.

“More than two decades after a historic High Court victory, a new documentary revisits how the Wik people of Cape York fought for — and won — native title rights. Their journey from remote tents to the nation’s highest court reveals a “tectonic shift in justice,” and the turbulent political backlash that followed.

A FILM screening and a flag raising ceremony will help celebrate NAIDOC Week in Sandgate and Shorncliffe this year.

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 into the language and values of their new home, there is something we do not want them to assimilate into.

The Wik V Queensland case was backed by strength and tenacity of the Traditional Owners, many who were women and leaders in their communities.

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.

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 to be unveiled by former High Court judge Michael Kirby.

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 dwindling.  

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 of native title holders. The political fallout led to one of the longest debates in parliamentary history, and almost sparked a double dissolution election based on race and Indigenous rights…

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 become a “third chamber” or additional representative assembly.

From a Tiwi Islands childhood where he couldn’t read or write, AFL player Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti shares how education transformed his life — and why he’s now encouraging Indigenous students at the Hope Vale Campus to believe in their potential.

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 people into welfare dependency.