First Nations justice
Media and commentary relating to our collaborative work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations to promote the rights of First Nations peoples.
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Reconciliation in Action
The recent launch of the website Towards Truth is another step in our nation’s journey to understanding. To understanding the full history of the colonisation of this continent. And just as importantly, to understanding the intergenerational impacts of successive laws and policies on Aboriginal communities, families and individuals. Laws and policies that were targeted and…
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Groundbreaking website to empower First Nations truth telling in Australia
Towards Truth is the first attempt to document and analyse the vast catalogue of laws and government policies that have impacted the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since colonisation Towards Truth will empower First Nations-led truth telling and help all Australians understand our shared history The Towards Truth website is a partnership…
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2SER: Making sense of the Yes pamphlet
With the Voice referendum approaching, the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ campaigns have lodged their pamphlets with the Australian Electoral Commission. A copy of each will be delivered to Australian households before the referendum. The Yes pamphlet says a vote for their campaign is a vote for recognition, listening and better results. It argues that the Voice…
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New website launched to drive national truth-telling
A new website aimed at empowering Truth-telling in Australia – Towards Truth – was launched Monday morning. Organisers of the site describe it as the first attempt to document and analyse the vast catalogue of laws and government policies that have impacted the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since colonisation Towards Truth is…
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We all know about the stolen generations. We didn’t always hear about those who opposed the law at the time
[Towards Truth] aims to document all the laws and policies that have affected First Nations people since white colonisation, is a collaboration between the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the UNSW Indigenous Law Centre led by Cobble Cobble woman Professor Megan Davis. “This project is the first of its kind in Australia,” Davis says. “It’s…
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Towards Truth launched to support First Nations truth telling
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and UNSW Indigenous Law Centre (ILC) are thrilled to launch Towards Truth, a powerful tool to support First Nations-led truth telling in Australia. Created in response to the Uluṟu Statement from the Heart, Towards Truth shows how laws and policies have affected First Nations people since 1788. Introducing Towards…
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Aboriginal imprisonment rates through the roof
… The Aboriginal Legal Service ACT/NSW (ALS) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) have released a joint statement saying the “Government cannot ignore the growing crisis of the imprisonment of Aboriginal people in NSW.” “The increasing number of Aboriginal people in custody shows a disturbing lack of progress in Closing the Gap in NSW,”…
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PIAC receives AbSec’s ‘Walking Together’ award
We were honoured to receive this award, recognising the contribution of a non-Aboriginal agency in partnership with the community.
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Information sessions to understand the Voice
PIAC is offering information sessions to help people understand the proposal for a First Nations Voice to parliament and the historic referendum to be held later this year. Our one-hour session covers: The place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Constitution, including the significance of the 1967 referendum. The momentum for…
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Voice to Parliament is choice of possibility and hope
Opinion piece from PIAC CEO Jonathan Hunyor. ‘Every day presents infinite reasons to believe that change can’t happen, infinite reasons to give up’, says African American activist Sonya Tinsley-Hook. But she tells herself ‘Sonya, you have to pick your team’. And for Tinsley-Hook, there are two teams. On one side, the cynics who say that…