This article has been copied from ANTAR website. On 26 January 1788, 11 British ships carrying 1,023 people concluded their voyage from Portsmouth in the United Kingdom to Warrane (Sydney Cove). It was there that Captain Arthur Phillip raised the… Read More »26 January: truth telling
A powerful Inaugural Address to a joint sitting of the SA Parliament by one of the Presiding Members of the SA First Nations Voice to Parliament, Leeroy Bilney. The significant address took place in the Legislative Council chamber at 11am… Read More »South Australia’s First Nations Voice to Parliament Inaugural Address
The Queensland Government’s decision to abolish the state’s Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry and repeal its Path to Treaty Act marks a major step backwards for First Nations rights, says Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss. Newly-elected Premier David… Read More »Ending QLD Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry is harmful and divisive
The Queensland Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry has released its first report. The report highlights some of its key achievements since starting on 1 July 2024. It also shares information about the hearings and sessions already held and how the Inquiry… Read More »Truth-telling and healing Inquiry releases first report
Victoria made history with the establishment of Australia’s first formal truth-telling commission. Yoorrook Chair, Professor Eleanor Bourke says truth-telling is now here to stay. This article is from Reconciliation Australia’s Newsletter, 12 October 2024. Photo: Yoorrook Justice Commission In an historic moment,… Read More »Truth, Healing, Action
On Monday 29 July 2024, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy was sworn in as Minister for Indigenous Australians. Senator McCarthy is a Yanyuwa Garrawa woman from the Gulf country in the Northern Territory. She was previously the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians and… Read More »New Minister for Indigenous Australians
On 4 July 2024 the Greens introduced the Truth and Justice Commission Bill 2024 to the Senate, who have referred the Bill to the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs for inquiry and report by 11… Read More »Truth and Justice Commission Bill 2024 introduced to the Senate
A call to action by ANTAR. For decades, First Nations Peoples have called for treaties and truth-telling as vehicles toward greater justice, decision making and self-determination for their communities. It has been more than eight months since the Voice referendum… Read More »Urgent call for a Truth & Justice Commission
Article by Dan Butler for SBS, 1 July 2024. A key figure in the Voice to Parliament movement has urged the government to support the Australian Greens’ Makarrata bill, which the party intends to introduce to parliament this week. The… Read More »Pat Anderson has told the government to support the Greens’ Makarrata proposal
This article is by Dechlan Brennan for National Indigenous Times on 6 June 2024. An “institutionally racist” child protection system is trampling on First Nations children, according to a scathing report released by South Australia’s Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and… Read More »Report finds Aboriginal children in South Australia are being unnecessarily removed from families and communities