Category: Indigenous & Human Rights

In response to resident enquiries, Sandy wrote to the Queensland Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships regarding whether an alternative to the disbanded Truth Telling and Healing Inquiry would be...

In response to resident enquiries regarding the difference between the Federal Government Voice referendum, the Queensland Government Path to Treaty, Truth Telling Inquiry and related matters, we have compiled the following...

On 28 November 2024, the Queensland Government introduced and passed legislation to repeal the Path to Treaty Act 2023, effectively discontinuing the First Nations Treaty Institute and the Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry. The...

The Federal Court has made a determination setting out the non- exclusive native title rights of the Kabi Kabi people to certain lands on the Sunshine Coast. The areas specific to the Noosa State Electorate can be seen on the...

At the regional parliamentary sitting in Cairns earlier this year, State MPs debated the Path to Treaty Bill, available here. This provides legislative framework for a First Nations Treaty Institute. The majority supported,...

As reported at The Federal Court of Australia website, the court has delivered a judgement altering the current Kabi Kabi native title claim, which includes land within the Noosa Shire & Electorate, to include Butchulla...