Julia Gillard takes over leadership of the Australian Labor Party from Kevin Rudd: becoming Australia’s first female Prime Minister.

The Victorian Premier and Minister for Multicultural Affairs, John Brumby announces support to the value of $12 million would be provided for the development of cultural precincts

National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples launched, becoming the first national Indigenous representative body to be established since the dismantling of the Aboriginal and Torres

The People of Australia, the Australian Multicultural Affairs Council’s statement on cultural diversity and its recommendations to government, is presented to Australian government ministers for

The Australian Human Rights Commission and the Internet Industry Australia co-host the Cyber Racism summit in Sydney.

Australia’s richest man, Andrew Forrest, launches Generation One, a campaign that aims to encourage all Australians to help end Indigenous disadvantage.

The Queensland Parliament passes legislation to recognise Indigenous people as the first Queenslanders in the preamble to the State’s Constitution.

Vindaloo Against Violence: Thousands of Australians show their support for Indian communities by eating at their local Indian restaurants throughout Australia.

Mick Gooda, descendant of the Gangulu people of Central Queensland begins his five-year term as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner.

Launch of the United Nation’s first report on The State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.