Floods, Fires and Viruses: Indigenous Peoples Governing Disaster Risks and Recovery
Seminar
Overview of Issues The severity and duration of the Pandemic, alongside recent bushfires and floods in Australia, combined with the impacts of ever-present climate change and economic stress continue to test individuals, organisations and communities in unexpected ways. Internationally and in…
Indigenous electoral power within and beyond remote Australia: Prospects and problems
Seminar
Abstract Comprising only 3.3% of the Australian population, Indigenous people are often viewed as having limited electoral power outside of the remote Northern Territory. Yet this perception fails to consider the electoral geography in Australia where relatively small groups can wield significant…
Election 22: Enrolment and participation in the seat of Lingiari (NT)
Seminar
Recording available here: https://youtu.be/44Q5_VXwrPQ Abstract The Northern Territory has the lowest rates of voter enrolment in the nation, with just over 22,000 eligible voters not on the role. In the House of Representatives division of Lingiari, which covers the entire Northern…
Sustainable Development Goals and Indigenous Perspectives
Seminar
Recording available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIHvE_Chh9I Abstract The United Nations announced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, setting the development agenda for all countries till 2030. The commitment to ‘leave no one behind’ raises significant…
CANCELLED: Environmental Stewardship in Walbunja land and sea Country
Webinar/Online
For several decades, members of the Walbanja community have worked at strengthening their capacity to influence the development and environmental management decisions across their land, freshwater and sea territories. Located along the NSW South Coast, the lands and seas for which the Walbanja are…
Indigenous Development Futures: Strategies for Self-determination and Innovation
Panel discussion
Recording is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6UyPdCjs3Y Co-Hosted by CAEPR and the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute There has been an international upsurge in attention by Indigenous peoples to matters of self-determined development. In Australia, many Indigenous…
Aboriginal community governance in the Black Summer bushfires
Seminar
Recording is available here: https://youtu.be/2kKFUVsKvEQ The 2019-20 ‘Black Summer’ Bushfires were unprecedented in their size, scale and devastation. It was widely acknowledged that the bushfires disproportionally impacted Aboriginal people both in terms of the population of…