The report examining options to recognise indigenous people in the constitution lays out an important project of modernisation, says professor Jon Altman of ANU’s Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research.
Aboriginal and torres strait islander
Faris: Aboriginals must be compensated. Here’s how
The Apology given by Rudd means that the Aboriginal people must be fully compensated. I say this for legal and moral reasons, writes Peter Faris QC.
Taking the sorry out of politics
There is a sense of pride I have never seen before in Canberra, let alone in Indigenous affairs. The mood feels like a celebration, although of course it’s no such thing. Wednesday’s events are solemn — they will open old wounds in old people, writes Chris Graham.
