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On 21 May 2022, the Australian Labor Party won government, with party leader Anthony Albanese becoming Prime Minister.During his victory speech, Albanese committed to holding a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in his government's first term of office, acting on the 2017 request of Indigenous leaders for such a body made with the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
National Congress was a public company limited by guarantee. [5] [6] Membership was open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals and organisations. Two important features of National Congress' organisational structure were gender parity, and oversight of elections and day to day operations by an ethics council [7].
Pages in category "Indigenous Australian politics" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Australia's plans to constitutionally recognise the country's Indigenous people in a referendum should be called off, an independent Aboriginal senator said on Wednesday, calling it 'window ...
Support for a "Voice to Parliament", an Indigenous committee to advise parliament on matters affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people, fell to 33%, down 15 points since May, the ...
The Coalition of Peaks is an unincorporated body that represents more than 80 Indigenous community groups and peak organisations across Australia. [3] Under a partnership agreement with the Council of Australian Governments (now National Cabinet), Australian governments have promised to consult with the Coalition of Peaks in the creation, implementation and reform of Closing the Gap policies. [4]
Today, Indigenous sovereignty generally relates to "inherent rights deriving from spiritual and historical connections to land". [1] Indigenous studies academic Aileen Moreton-Robinson has written that the first owners of the land were ancestral beings of Aboriginal peoples, and "since spiritual belief is completely integrated into human daily activity, the powers that guide and direct the ...
The Moratorium showed that non-Indigenous workers could be strong allies in the struggle for Indigenous rights. [23] Bruce McGuinness published an article in the November issue of Aboriginal and Islander Identity magazine about the march in Melbourne, which was attended by about 2000 people, including an estimated 16% of the Black population ...