Print Award: Indigenous Law Bulletin, UNSW
The Indigenous Law Bulletin, published by the Indigenous Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, impressed the judges with its depth and clarity and the effort made to publish in
About this winner
- Year: 2000
- Level: Winner
- Award category: Media award
About the 2000 nomination
The Indigenous Law Bulletin, published by the Indigenous Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, impressed the judges with its depth and clarity and the effort made to publish information on issues often misunderstood. The judges said it advanced the observance of human rights for Indigenous Australians and could be used by journalists to inform their writing on Indigenous issues, by legal practitioners and the public. It tackles the issues that will be front and centre of the debate for Indigenous Australians in the next decade and beyond, they said.
Examples of issues covered by the Law Bulletin are mandatory sentencing in the Northern Territory (in a story called "Preventing Crime or 'Warehousing' the Underprivileged?"), Murrandoo Yanner's High Court case on traditional hunting rights (following the killing of crocodiles in the Gulf of Carpentaria) and a special edition on water rights including the Croker Island native title appeal to the Full Federal Court.
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