Government relations with First Peoples
Alternative labels
Aboriginal Australians government relations
Submission
Australian Human Rights Commission submission to the Indigenous Voice co-design process
This document outlines the Australian Human Rights Commission's submission to the Indigenous Voice Co-design Groups on the proposals outlined in the Indigenous Voice Interim Report of October 2020.
Working paper
30 years on: Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody recommendations remain unimplemented
This paper outlines concerns with the 2018 Deloitte Access Economics review of the implementation of the 339 recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. It updates a statement which argued that due to its scope and methodology, the Deloitte review had the potential to misrepresent the extent to which the RCIADIC recommendations...
Discussion paper
Unfinished business: truth-telling about Aboriginal land rights and native title in the ACT
In this discussion paper, Ed Wensing argues that the ACT Government should not be afraid to follow the examples set by Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory, in commencing treaty discussions about possible ways of resolving the matters of sovereignty and self-determination, including over land rights and native title.
Discussion paper
Codesign in the Indigenous policy domain: risks and opportunities
This paper argues that it is incumbent on governments around Australia to demonstrate that they are serious in pursuing co-design, and this will require a sustained focus on demonstrating to First Nations citizens, and indeed all Australians, that the processes adopted are legitimate.
Report
Towards truth telling
This report brings together research and analysis of truth telling practices overseas and in Australia, to inform a potential process for the Northern Territory. It provides suggestions for an evidence-based model that will accompany and augment the treaty process in the Northern Territory.