Author: Michael Murphy

01 Feb U.S. Supports Indigenous Rights (VOA News)

Posted at 10:18h in News, Posts

The United States has thrown its support behind the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The United States has thrown its support behind the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which...

29 Jan Seek indigenous views ahead of full referendum (The Australian)

Posted at 10:19h in News, Posts

THIS week I put forward two ideas for the constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians. The first was obvious: that any successful proposition will need to be supportable by persons such as indigenous Australian elder Lowitja O'Donoghue and former prime minister John Howard. When asked by...

26 Jan Noel Pearson tells Julia Gillard: give us first vote (The Australian)

Posted at 08:39h in News, Posts

CAPE York leader Noel Pearson has insisted that Aboriginal Australians be given a vote to determine whether a referendum on indigenous recognition in the Constitution goes ahead, and has cautioned against that referendum being held on the same day as the next federal election. Mr...