Reconciliation is important to the Australian Human Rights Commission. First it enables us to build the cultural diversity of our organisation so we are better placed to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to understand and exercise their human rights; secondly as it is appropriate for us to model the importance of understanding and respect for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Native Title Report 2009 Community Guide : Social Justice and Native Title Reports Contents The report overview: The challenges ahead Chapter 1: The state of land rights and native title policy in Australia in 2009 Chapter 2: Changing the culture of native title Chapter 3: Towards a just and equitable native title system Chapter 4: Indigenous land tenure reform Appendix 1: Native title determinations Appendix 2: Native title statistics.
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The theme of governance in the Social Justice and Native Title Reports for 2012 relates directly to my priorities concerning relationships and giving full effect to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Please be aware that this publication may contain the names or images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may now be deceased. Reports Social Justice Report 2012 Native Title Report 2012
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Acknowledgements
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Acknowledgements
I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the Brisbane area.I pay my respects to your Elders past and present.
I acknowledge and pay my respects to my Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and my non-Indigenous brothers and sisters here today.
It is with respect and gratitude that I acknowledge that we sit on the lands of the Gadigal peoples of the Eora Nation. Thank you to Michael for your generous welcome to country for us all here in attendance today.
Keynote address by Geoff Scott, Chief Executive Officer, New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
