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The PNG Chiefs must do more to support women facing a domestic violence crisis
In 2028, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Chiefs will make their highly anticipated Na...
Lead the room in Antalya: why Australia should own loss, damage and adaptation finance at COP31
Australia should use its COP31 presidency of negotiations to continue to lead on...
What the world can learn from the Pacific
Many of the challenges Pacific peoples have navigated for generations are now be...
The ingenuity most Australians never see
From the Torres Strait to Tassie, from Derby and Darwin to Denmark, from the Cen...
Reece Harley 6 Mar 2026
On Invasion Day, Australia cannot dodge the truth in Geneva
Our people have always told the truth about what January 26 means. Dispossession...
Nerita Waight 26 Jan 2026
We have the answers to the climate crisis and governments must listen before it’s too late

This year's COP 30 in Belem, Brazil, attracted a strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander presence, perhaps the largest yet in COP history, as the impacts of climate change on people across the co...

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Dr Hannah McGlade Nov 25, 2025
What Australia can learn from Canada on Truth and Treaty

When our team from the Australian National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth and Justice (NCRTJ) travelled to Canada, we were struck by how visible and structured their national approach to truth-telli...

New United Nations Indigenous report marks "a historic shift"

This month, the United Nations published a landmark report that I had the honour of co-authoring: The Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge Dialogues, part of the Global Environment Outlook 7 (GEO-...

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Jesse J. Fleay Jul 1, 2025
The emerging global political order is a threat to Australian society

We are on the verge of a new global political order, and it is bad for Australian society, and our economy. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have told the world about their policy mandate fo...

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Jesse J. Fleay Nov 14, 2024
Speaking up for Palestine on Wiradjuri Country

On 30 June 2024 the Community of Wagga Wagga came together, welcomed by Aunty Pamela Honeysett, Wiradjuri Elder, along with invited guest Assala A Sayara, Palestinan-born woman, mental health professi...

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Jayne Christian Aug 5, 2024
Call for Indigenous justice heard on global stage

This statement by Dr Hannah McGlade was delivered to the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues in New York on 15 April, 2024. Kaya! Warm regards to all Indigenous youth here at this session of the...

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Dr Hannah McGlade Apr 16, 2024
World stage important in fight for Indigenous rights

In the aftermath of the devastating referendum to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament there is renewed interest in Indigenous rights and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples...

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Dr Hannah McGlade Dec 18, 2023
From D.C. to WA: What we can learn for our own Cultural Centre

As part of a trip funded by the United States Government, I had the fortune to recently visit the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D. C.

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Zak Kirkup Aug 8, 2023
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