Patrick Dodson, Yawuru man from Broome, Western Australia and national Aboriginal leader is awarded the Sydney 2008 Peace Prize, Australia’s only international peace prize. He

The Australian Government abolishes the Temporary Protection Visa system, meaning that all refugees are instead guaranteed the right to permanent residency.

ANTAR Racism Makes Me Sick campaign launched as a means of bringing awareness to the health Issues facing Indigenous Australians.

National Indigenous Health Equality Summit Community, government and Indigenous representatives meet at Parliament House to sign a declaration on the achievement of health equality between

The Commonwealth Government formally apologises to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and particularly to the stolen generations for the laws and policies of

At the official opening of the Parliament, the Ngunnawal People perform a welcome to country ceremony – the first time this has happened in the

Federal Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews publicly declares his concern about the slow integration of African humanitarian arrivals. He expressed particular concern about the apparent violent

In 2007, NITV established a head office in Alice Springs and launches a television arm in Sydney. Soon after, it also becomes available free-to-air to

At the official opening of the Parliament, the Ngunnawal People perform a welcome to country ceremony – the first time this has happened in the

143 member states adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States vote against the

South Australian Court awards Ngarrindjeri man Bruce Trevorrow $525,000 for ‘pain, suffering and false imprisonment’. He is the first person to receive Stolen Generations compensation.

Seven Burmese asylum seekers who were detained on Nauru in October 2006 are granted resettlement in Australia, along with 72 Sri Lankan asylum seekers. The

The Australian Labor Party, led by Kevin Rudd, wins the Federal election after eleven years of a coalition government of the Liberal and National Parties

Minister for Immigration, Kevin Andrews, reduces Australia’s refugee intake from African nations. Andrews cites difficulties for Sudanese refugee communities in adjusting to the Australian way

The Australian Values Statement is introduced requiring signature by applicants, aged 18 and over, for selected Australian visas. The information that applicants are expected to