Treaty
This report is the first in a series looking at the performances of Australia's state, territory and federal governments on Indigenous policy since October 2023.
Seven in 10 Australians report hearing racist slurs or 'jokes' about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in public settings or on social media, according to the new Ipsos Indigenous Issues 2...
Papua New Guineans will begin serving in Australia's defence force over the next year, with recruitment ramped up to "thousands" over the next decade.
Australia has moved to ratify a landmark defence alliance with Fiji, which will aim to curb growing Chinese influence in the Pacific. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed the Ocean of Peace alliance...
The Victorian Liberal Party's plan to repeal Treaty should not be a priority if it wins office in November, new polling shows. The historic Treaty agreement, signed last year between the Victorian Gov...
New Deputy Premier Gabrielle Williams has been appointed Victoria's Minister for First Peoples, becoming the third person to hold the portfolio in less than nine months.
Fiji is helping steer global negotiations on how countries will finance and deliver a legally binding treaty to address plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.
With both National Reconciliation Week, and the anniversary of the 2017 signing of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, having just passed, we thought it timely to write the third in our series of opin...
The First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria has elected new co-chairs following the announcement of election results last month. Gunnai and Gunditjmara person Meriki Onus and Dja Dja Wurrung, Wamba Wamba...
Australia and Fiji have jointly announced the formal ratification of the Pacific Resilience Facility Treaty, which they describe as a "landmark" agreement that places Pacific communities "in control o...
With the threat of separatism from Canada and annexation by the United States, persistent treaty violations, fast-tracked resource development projects, and ongoing societal issues, the present moment...
A former AFL player and a former journalist are among the new faces elected to the next term of Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly. Results of the Assembly's third election were announced on Friday by...
The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung community has become the latest Traditional Owner group to formally begin preparing for treaty negotiations with the Victorian government, saying it will focus on the enviro...