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Editors --- "News and Reviews" [2005] IndigLawB 30; (2005) 6(11) Indigenous Law Bulletin 21


News and Reviews

1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize Project

Faith Bandler is one of six Australian women who have been nominated for the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 project. The project is the creation of a group of Swiss women wanting to highlight the important role many women have played in promoting and encouraging peace around the world. Ms Bandler was nominated for her work in bringing about the 1967 referendum and subsequent citizenship rights for Australia’s Indigenous peoples. Also nominated by the project is the Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta, the inspirational council of senior Aboriginal women from Coober Pedy in South Australia who battled and won against government plans to create a nuclear waste dump on their land.

New Legislation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations

As a result of consultation and an independent review, the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2005 has been developed. The Bill places greater responsibility and accountability mechanisms on directors and managers with stronger reporting requirements for larger corporations. The Registrar for Aboriginal Corporations will operate ‘governance audits’, and a public register of disqualified directors will be created.

CERD Concluding Observations Online

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (‘CERD’) has issued its concluding observations on Australia following consideration of the 13th and 14th periodic reports in Geneva on the 1st and 2nd of March 2005. The Committee commended a number of positive developments in relation to Australia’s compliance with the racial discrimination convention, yet also expressed concerns regarding Indigenous issues, migrants, asylum seekers and racial discrimination laws. The full report is located at <www.humanrights.gov.au/cerd/report.html>.


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