Molly Kelly Craig, the woman who inspired the film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ dies at the age of 87 in a remote desert community in Western

Refugee and asylum seeker advocate, Marion Le is awarded the 2003 Human Rights Medal in Sydney for her work in promoting human rights over the

As part of the decision to excise thousands of islands from the migration zone retrospectively, the Australian Government considers sending 14 asylum seekers from Melville

Following an extensive inquiry into national progress towards Reconciliation, Dr Jonas AM calls on the Australian Government to recommit to the Reconciliation process. The Senate

The ‘Circle Court’, based on a Canadian program where tribal elders play a key role in determining the punishment for repeat offenders is trialled in

Granted temporary protection visas, 14 men are flown to Brisbane. They represent a fraction of asylum seekers still detained in Australia. The Australian Government’s view

Australia’s new security laws give the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) the right to detain and question a person for up to seven days with

A group of Vietnamese asylum seekers slips inside the migration zone, the first in over two years. They are sent to Christmas Island.

Australian Partnership of Ethnic and Religious Organisations (APERO) forms, to counter the rising level of racial intolerance. APERO brings together eight peak ethnic groups and

The Honourable W.C. Wentworth AO, who championed Aboriginal people’s rights throughout his long and distinguished career dies. Born in Sydney, he represented the Sydney electorate

Deputy Chairman, ‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson resigns from ATSIC. Robinson has been Deputy Chairman of ATSIC, the peak Indigenous body for seven and a half years.

Australia leads an intervention force in the Solomon Islands with the assistance of New Zealand and other Pacific nations.

The United Nations formally places the US and its allies (including Australia) in control of Iraq. The Security Council lifts sanctions imposed after Gulf War

The Australian Government resists pressure to accept the return of two Australian prisoners detained by the US Government at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Hicks and

The Australian Government grants permanent visas to nearly 400 East Timorese and considers several hundred more following a 12 year battle for the East Timorese