The federal government must recommit itself to reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the wider Australian community, argue Sean Brennan and George Williams.

This paper examines the history of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (CAR) in Australia from 1991 to 2001 and argues that reconciliation between Australia's Indigenous and settler peoples was never likely to be achieved in that time frame. Reconciliation, it argues, will be a matter of many decades or even hundreds of years, rather than...

It is not the first time there has been talk of a treaty or treaties between Indigenous peoples and the rest of the Australian community, and this time round the debate has only just begun. The debate has already taken off on a number of fronts. Who will negotiate a treaty or treaties? How long...

This submission to the Senate Inquiry into Progress Towards National Reconciliation the focuses on the progress made towards national reconciliation in the field of public law. It suggests paths forward through consultation and reform (including by constitutional amendment). The submission examines what has been called the 'rights and recognition agenda' and argues that this should...