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New Caledonia has had an indigenous body advise government since 1999. What can Australia learn?

  • Written by Eddie Wayuone Wadrawane, Associate Lecturer, Université de Nouvelle Calédonie
New Caledonia has had an indigenous body advise government since 1999. What can Australia learn?The Customary Senate, Nouméa, New Caledonia.Eddie Wadrawane, Author provided

As Australia prepares to vote in a referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament later this year, what can we learn from similar models in our region?

New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal was established in 1975 as a “permanent...

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