After the referendum loss, the government hasn’t had much of a plan for Indigenous Australians. The new minister’s biggest challenge will be making one.
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Our new report makes 12 recommendations for how industry, government, educators and First Nations communities can create jobs and fulfilling careers in clean energy.
As we launch into a Future Made in Australia, we need to map and better understand the social and economic risks – as well as potential benefits – for remote and disadvantaged communities.
The federal government is contributing $2.1 billion to a ten-year agreement between the federal government and the Northern Territory that aims to see up to 270 houses built annually in remote Indigenous communities
A survey of Indigenous people found almost one quarter had not heard of STEM. But more than 80% saw a connection between science, technology, engineering, maths and Indigenous culture.
Australia’s First Peoples have a strong and continuing connection to the land. Their determination to maintain this connection provides important opportunities for conservation. Our new research explored…
First Nations people have been making and crafting clothes and accessories for millennia, and for international exhibitions for hundreds of years.
Michelle Grattan sits down with Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie to chat about Alice Springs, The Voice to Parliament, Indigenous employment and the Stage 3 tax cuts
A Voice to Parliament will not fix every problem facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. But it is an important step towards moving the nation to truth telling and beyond.
In one finding, fire authorities chose to save a few farm sheds over 5,000 hectares of national park. Clearly, our fire management needs a reset.
The path of Plibersek’s big agenda stretches far beyond the one-term political horizon – and it’s fraught with dangers.
Seas are rising in the Torres Strait, swamping crops and graveyards. Friday’s decision by a landmark UN committee is a breakthrough for Indigenous rights and climate justice.
It’s great news Origin is walking away from fracking and gas. But other companies are still keen to frack the Beetaloo despite climate and environment concerns.
The prime minister has made a good start on a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. But as always, the details will be crucial.
Water rights are beginning to be allocated to Indigenous Australians – but there’s a long way to go to reverse the legal fiction of aqua nullius.
Urban renewal can bring downsides as well as benefits. A new guide helps people connect more deeply with their suburbs.
Rather than sitting in the back seat, Indigenous Australians must be up front in managing the recovery of Australia’s unique and precious environment.
The Morrison government has claimed it has delivered on its commitment to co-design an Indigenous Voice, but the parliamentary term will end without any such Voice being legislated or in place.
Fires in arid Australia are extensive, largely unmanaged, often destructive and significantly under-reported.
The first class action on stolen wages against the Commonwealth seeks compensation for wages owed to Aboriginal workers in the Northern Territory.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow in Disaster Resilience, Monash University
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Senior research fellow, Curtin University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Senior research fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Indigenous Chair of Biodiversity & Environmental Science, Curtin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney
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PhD candidate, Senior Research Assistant, School of Education, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Researcher (Indigenous Policy) Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, James Cook University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Responsility in Mining, The University of Queensland