Author: Michael Murphy

14 Apr Foreshore and seabed legislation back on the table (The New Zealand Herald)

Posted at 12:36h in News, Posts

Controversial issues such as courts recognising customary title to the foreshore and seabed are back on the table, under a pending ministerial review. . . go to article...

14 Apr Clock ticking on legal definition of ‘Indian’: Hundreds of thousands of natives could lose status by April 2010, some lawyers say (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 12:34h in News, Posts

OTTAWA -- Parliament has less than a year to craft a new definition of "Indian" before Canadian native policy risks tumbling into chaos as the existing rules for determining native status are thrown out by the courts. . . go to article...

09 Apr Aboriginal threat to blockade Cape over river laws (The Australian)

Posted at 12:40h in News, Posts

INDIGENOUS leaders have threatened to cease contact with the Queensland Government and to "barricade" Cape York unless the controversial wild rivers legislation is overturned. Cape York Land Council chairman Michael Ross said the wild rivers legislation -- which opponents say locks up large areas of...