Australians celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum which gave Aboriginal people the right to vote, participate in the Australian democratic process, be included in the national census and have the same rights as other Australians. It also gave
The Australian Communications and Media Authority finds the Sydney radio station 2GB and its breakfast host Alan Jones in breach of the commercial radio code for broadcasting material that was likely to encourage violence, in the lead-up to the Cronulla
Past Olympians, Catherine Freeman and Ian Thorpe support the launch of the Close The Gap campaign which calls on federal, state and territory governments to commit to closing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
The Gunditjmara people secure recognition of their native title rights and interests, giving them non-exclusive native title rights and interests to over 140,000 hectares of vacant Crown land, National Parks, reserves, rivers, creeks and sea north -west of Warrnambool, extending
The Githabul people of northern NSW secure Indigenous Land Use Agreements for land that includes nine National Parks and 13 State forests.
The Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Children Act 2006 is passed unanimously by the Tasmanian Government, the first Australian jurisdiction to introduce legislation to address the stolen generations issue. The Act establishes a fund to provide payments to members of the stolen generations
Eight Burmese asylum seekers arrive on Ashmore Reef. As part of the Federal Government’s ‘Pacific Solution’ they are sent to Nauru to have their claims processed. This contradicts the recent withdrawal of the Asylum seeker offshore processing bill.
The controversial Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 is withdrawn. This bill aimed to send all asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat, not just those arriving on remote islands off Australia’s northern coast, to Nauru for refugee processing.
The Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse in the Northern Territory is established. Co – chaired by Ms Patricia Anderson and Rex Wild QC the inquiry will research and report on allegations of sexual
Indigenous health services are boosted by 53 ‘Healthy for Life’ sites around Australia. The sites include a variety of primary health care services to help address the high rates of heart and circulatory diseases, eye problems, asthma and diabetes prevalent