Uluru Statement of the Heart

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Health & Medicine

A philosophy of recognition

An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice enshrined in the Constitution is an invitation to stand with the oldest living culture in the world. It’s not a big ask, but it is a big gesture

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Health & Medicine

Let it be clear, I strongly support The Voice

Five decades working on eye health in Indigenous communities shows the need for a permanent Voice to Parliament

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Politics & Society

Why wait? Treaty and the Federal election

First Nations Peoples shouldn’t have to wait for non-Indigenous Australians and the Government to catch up when it comes to committing to Treaty

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Sciences & Technology

Leaving no one behind

This year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples calls for a new social contract that recognises the rights and social equity of Indigenous people

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Politics & Society

Australia’s constitutional answer to structural racism

Inequality was woven into Australia’s original constitutional structures and continues today; until that changes, the system remains structurally stacked against Indigenous interests

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Politics & Society

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Book extract

The spirit of our Nation

The annual Dungala Kaiela Oration celebrates Aboriginal cultural identity, but in his speech this year, Labor Senator Pat Dodson says there are still too many missed opportunities

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Politics & Society

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Podcast

Fighting for recognition

What are the best legal avenues for moving beyond rhetoric about Indigenous self-determination, to genuine action and empowerment?

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Politics & Society

The Uluru Statement from the Heart: Why I have hope

Although the Australian government rejected the recommendations of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, saying Australians would not support a First Nations voice to Parliament, experts say there are still reasons to hope

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Politics & Society

Duty and honour at the heart of Indigenous recognition

The Voice to Parliament proposed in the Uluru Statement would ensure Indigenous Australians are consulted about laws that affect them, as is already done in Canada and New Zealand

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Politics & Society

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Q&A

Q&A: Recognising Australia’s first peoples ... properly

Australia’s debate on how to amend the Constitution to recognise its first peoples is set to culminate soon in a Indigenous Constitutional Convention. We ask a legal expert what it all means.

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