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UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – 15 years on

Fifteen years after the UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, it remains a globally significant proclamation.

Yale Hudson-Flux, Jaime Gunning

First Nations

First Nations, ‘aliens’ and the Constitution

The recent announcement that the Government will no longer seek to overturn the High Court’s decision in Love v Commonwealth is a reminder that the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian constitutional framework has yet to be fully resolved.

Glen Cranwell

First Nations

Carter Newell champions First Nations communities

Following on from Carter Newell's involvement with the QLS LawLink program, the firm has created a work experience program for Year 12 students.

Carter Newell Lawyers’ Diversity & Inclusion Committee

First Nations

NAIDOC: It’s time to take stock

In NAIDOC Week it's appropriate to take stock of the inspirational people whose day-to-day activities help to build a First Nations future.

John Teerds

First Nations

Culturally sensitive program assists First Nations prisoners back into community

An innovative Parole Board Queensland program assists First Nation parolees in re-integrating with their communities.

Tony Keim

First Nations

30 years on: The significance of the Mabo decision

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this article may contain the names and images of people who have passed away.

Yale Hudson-Flux, Jaime Gunning

First Nations

Lawyers raise their voices for reconciliation

Cayla Marchant

First Nations

Magistrates Court RAP aims to reduce First Nations overrepresentation

A new Magistrates Court RAP contains 17 actions and 86 deliverables to further reconciliation.

Tony Keim

First Nations

QLS urges changes in implementation of First Nations policies

Kristen Hodge and Lyndell O’Connor

First Nations

LawLink: Bridging the cultural divide between Indigenous law students and the legal profession

It took one visit to the local courthouse as a high school student for Mikaela French to realise there was a lack of legal support available to Indigenous people… and to decide she wanted to do something about it.

Cayla Marchant

First Nations

31 years on: The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

The final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was signed on 15 April 1991. After 31 years, what has changed?

Yale Hudson-Flux, Jaime Gunning

First Nations

Wakka Wakka native title continues the work of past generations

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Proud First Nations women welcomed as acting QCAT members

Four new acting tribunal members were sworn-in by Justice Kerri Mellifont QC this week, including two First Nations women.

Tony Keim

First Nations

First Nations deaths in custody: Will the profession stand with us?

To produce worthwhile change in the ongoing tragedy of First Nations deaths in custody, the support of the legal profession is critical.

Joshua Apanui

First Nations

QLS First Nations legal executive receives Indigenous scholarship

Joshua Apanui is one of three recipients of Bond University's inaugural Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Indigenous scholarship.

Cayla Marchant

First Nations

Young Gunggandji man’s admission ceremony attracts big community turnout

Joel Murgha was admitted to the legal profession on Friday 15 October, watched on by a large number of family and community members from his small Aboriginal hometown of Yarrabah.

Cayla Marchant

First Nations

Join a deadly mob through higher education

In NAIDOC Week, Indigenous students are being encouraged to set their sights on higher education.

First Nations

Voice, Treaty, and Truth

Building on the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Joshua Apanui

First Nations

First Nations Lives Matter

A conversation with criminal lawyer and human rights advocate Ron Behlau.

Joshua Apanui

First Nations

Why so many black deaths in custody and so little justice?

From 1980 to 1989 there were 98 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody; in the 29 years since then, there have been 432 deaths. Something must change.

Joshua Creamer

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Culturally sensitive program assists First Nations prisoners back into community

30 years on: The significance of the Mabo decision

Lawyers raise their voices for reconciliation

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LawLink: Bridging the cultural divide between Indigenous law students and the legal profession

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Wakka Wakka native title continues the work of past generations

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