September 2007

Megan Davis writes on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for National Indigenous Times and Online Opinion - Australia's e-journal of social and political debate

ILC Director comments on the UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights: Radio Triple J (National Australia): Hack Triple J, 17 September 2007; Online ABC News, 17 September 2007; Triple J, 13 September 2007; Also: Radio ABC Western Queensland, Radio ABC 891 Adelaide, Radio ABC Darwin, Radio ABC 702 Sydney, Radio ABC 612 Brisbane, Radio ABC 936 Hobart, and Radio ABC 666 Canberra; SBS Television: World News Australia.

August 2007

ILC correspondence to Senate Inquiry on NT Emergency Response Bills

Director writes on the Federal Government's response to the Anderson Wild Report in Uniken and Indigenous Law Bulletin.

ILC Director contributes a chapter on rights and responsibilities in Jon Altman and Melinda Hinkson 'Coercive Reconciliation: Stabilise, Normalise, Exit Aboriginal Australia'.

July 2007

ILC Compilation on Howard's NT Plan - collected responses to the Government's intervention in the Northern Territory on Indigenous child sexual abuse

Indigenous Peoples and the Law - this class is taught during the Winter Session by ILC Associates Garth Nettheim and Sean Brennan.

Centre Director, Megan Davis writes in Indigenous Law Bulletin on ARC funded research project, “How Aboriginal women fare in liberal democracy”

Director talks about ILC National Forum and Howard’s NT Plan on ‘Murri Voices’ 4KIG Townsville (4 July 2007)

Director speaks on ‘Hack’, ABC Triple J about Howard’s NT plan (28 June 2007)

Indigenous Law Bulletin Volume 6 Issue 27 is released.

Volume 11.1 of the Australian Indigenous Law Review is published

June 2007

ILC Director Comments on Howards NT Plan
Megan Davis comments on the Federal Government's intervention in the Northern Territory on Indigenous child sexual abuse:
22 June 2007 'Sydney Morning Herald'; 28 June 2007 'Hack' ABC Triple J Radio; 4 July 2007 ‘Murri Voices’ Radio 4KIG Townsville; 9 July 2007 'Koori Mail'; 18 July 2007 'Murri Voices' Radio 4K1G Townsville; 9 August 2007 'The Scotsman'; 10 August 2007 ABC Radio National The World Today.

May 2007

Centre Director attends Their Spirit Still Shines ceremony, 27 May 2007 and Reconciliation Australia, One Future Forum in Bowral, NSW (27-30 May)

Centre Director writes in National Indigenous Times on the importance of consultation with Indigenous communities

ILC Centre Associate, Rachel Davis attends the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York for ILC; its theme being “Indigenous land, resources and territories”

Centre Associate Emeritus Professor Garth Nettheim gives Elliott Johnston Tribute Lecture,  “Human Rights and Indigenous Reconciliation in Australia” Flinders University, Adelaide, 15th May

Centre Associate Emeritus Professor Garth Nettheim gives Occasional Lecture, UNSW Faculty of Law Graduation Ceremony, 4th May 2007

April 2007

Indigenous Law Bulletin Volume 6 Issue 26 – March-April 2007 – is released. This edition focuses on issues surrounding native title.

Centre Director writes on Parliamentary Inquiries on Free Trade Agreements and Indigenous Peoples for the Journal of Indigenous Policy

Centre Director publishes article on ‘The Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law and International Law developments’ in International Law Association’s (Australian Branch) Indigenous Peoples: Issues in International and Australian Law

Centre Director presents case study on Canada at United Nations Research Institute Social Development Workshop, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland (2-3 April 2007)

Centre Director’s paper on ‘Indigenous women and youth in the Pacific states of the Commonwealth’  presented at Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit Pan-Commonwealth Workshop on  ‘Addressing the Marginalisation of Indigenous and Tribal Women’ 12-13 April 2007, Marlborough House, London

February 2007

Centre Director speaks on ABC Radio National Australia Talks on National Implications of Palm Island

Indigenous Law Bulletin Volume 6 Issue 25 – February 2007 – is released.

Indigenous Law Centre Associate Stephen Hagan attends UN HABITAT conference on Indigenous peoples and urbanisation on behalf of Centre Director

Centre Director publishes in University of Technology Sydney Law Review on institutional racism in Australia’s public institutions

Centre Director appointed as an Australian member, International Law Association Indigenous Rights Committee

January 2007

Indigenous Law Bulletin Volume 6 Issue 24 – December-January 2007 – is released.
Aboriginal Women
ILC Director, Megan Davis, writes in Indigenous Law Bulletin on ARC funded research project, “How Aboriginal women fare in liberal democracy”.

December 2006

New ILC Director - Megan Davis

Megan Davis was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales and as Director of the Indigenous Law Centre commencing work in December of 2006. More