This article discusses Queensland's controversial Wild Rivers Act, arguing that it steamrolls Cape York communities’ fundamental rights to culture, land and development. Given the federal government’s recent approval of the Four Mile uranium mine, the authors contend that neither the burdens of environmental conservation, nor the benefits of economic development, are evenly spread across Australian...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience significantly poorer health outcomes compared with other Australians. Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes are responsible for the majority of the ‘gap’ in Indigenous life expectancy. Nutrition and physical activity are two important risk factors in the prevention of chronic disease. The Victorian Aboriginal...

The Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) was established in 1995 by the Keating Government as one element of its three-part response to the Mabo judgment. The first part was the Native Title Act (1993), which validated past grants of land to settlers and set up a process for claiming and registering surviving rights of native title...

Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) population is projected to reach between 713,300 and 721,100 people in 2021, according to this report. These figures are based on a series of assumptions which incorporate recent trends in Indigenous fertility, mortality and internal migration. The Indigenous population of Australia is projected to grow by 2.2% per...

Chronic kidney disease is a common and serious problem in Australia. Those with the most severe form, end-stage kidney disease, usually require dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive. It is with these resource intensive and technologically advanced treatments that much of the health costs for chronic kidney disease are incurred, with regular dialysis the...