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Category: Indigenous rights

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Legal identity and the Love case: the High Court rules Indigenous people cannot be deported as aliens

Published February 17, 2020April 23, 2020 by Melissa Castan in Australia, Australian Law, Indigenous recognition, Indigenous rights
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A Voice to Parliament – the change we need

Published July 18, 2019 by Melissa Castan in Australian Law, Constitutional Law, Human Rights Issues, Indigenous recognition, Indigenous rights, Indigenous Rights
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‘Dollar Dave’ and the Reserve Bank: a tale of art, theft and human rights

Published March 22, 2016April 6, 2016 by Castan Centre in Australia, Freedom from racial discrimination, Indigenous rights, Racism
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Constitutional recognition: two steps forward after one step back

Published August 25, 2015 by Melissa Castan in Indigenous rights, Tony Abbott
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Joint Statement of Support for Adam Goodes

Published July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 by Castan Centre in Indigenous rights
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The 2015 Human Rights Report – Going to jail for not having a birth certificate? It happens

Published May 15, 2015May 15, 2015 by Dr Paula Gerber in Australia, Australian Law, Indigenous rights
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The 2015 Human Rights Report – Indigenous Rights 2014/5: Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts?

Published May 14, 2015May 18, 2015 by Melissa Castan in Australia, Australian Law, Indigenous rights, Indigenous Rights
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It’s time to modernise Australia’s birth registration system

Published April 1, 2015 by Dr Paula Gerber in Children's rights, Indigenous rights
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Closing the Gap, very slowly

Published February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 by Marius Smith in Australia, Indigenous recognition, Indigenous rights, Indigenous Rights
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2014 Castan Human Rights Report: Indigenous rights – hastening too slowly

Published May 13, 2014June 2, 2014 by Castan Centre in Australia, Indigenous recognition, Indigenous rights, Indigenous Rights
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