The Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has now delivered its recommendations.
In late 2010, the Prime Minister appointed a 20 member Expert Panel to provide advice on the Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as part of the agreement with the Australian Greens.
The final recommendations are the product of a comprehensive national consultation, meetings with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, public submissions, advice from respected constitutional lawyers, discussion among panel members and extensive research.
The next step towards Constitutional Recognition is a referendum.
28th January 2012
Milne: The rest of the world is watching as our HCV forests continue to fall
Christine Milne
27th January 2012
If the Government wants to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons it must scrap uranium deal with Russia - Greens
Scott Ludlam
27th January 2012
Abbott’s ill-considered remarks highlight need to acknowledge national day truths
Christine Milne
27th January 2012
Administrative change on CNIs a positive step, but marriages still won’t be recognised
Sarah Hanson-Young
25th January 2012
Greens remain genuine, extremely popular and in touch with everyday Australians
Christine MilneGreens MPs, 20th January 2012
Throne among the gum trees poignant reminder of a PM's promise
Miranda Gibson is today sitting on a small platform 60 metres high in a Eucalyptus regnans beneath Mt Mueller in central Tasmania. She is intelligent, loves the forest and their wildlife and is, very obviously, committed to saving it. She has been on the platform for more than four weeks and intends to stay until the tree is cut down or the Gillard government in Canberra and Giddings government in Hobart keep their word that this tree, its wildlife and the mountainside forest in which it sits are protected.
Just over the ridge from Miranda is the Styx River and its Valley of the Giants, named after the Eucalyptus regnans (kings and queens of the eucalypts), which tower up to 100 metres high - that is, as high as a soccer field turned on its end.
You can join Miranda's blog and see her on Skype at www.observertree.org
Greens MPs, 22nd December 2011
Here's how to create long-term, safer pathways to Australia for asylum seekers
Greens MPs, 16th December 2011What a year!
Greens MPs, 14th December 2011New intervention measures are based on the wrong approach
Greens MPs, 13th December 2011Coalition out of step on marriage equality
Senator Bob Brown press conference - January 18, 2012
Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown releases a background paper on Greens policy on education funding, calling for the decoupling of funding for private and public schools. He comments on the likely success of pokie machine reform and the Greens' proposal for a $1 bet limit and discusses the imminent start of logging in areas due to be protected under the forests intergovernmental agreement.
