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Indigenous people cannot be aliens in their own land. Why challenging this fact (again) is so concerning

  • Written by Kate Galloway, Associate Professor of Law, Griffith University
Indigenous people cannot be aliens in their own land. Why challenging this fact (again) is so concerningAttorney General v Montgomery raises important questions about the unique legal status of First Nations peoples in Australia. Shutterstock

Last year, we wrote an overview of the High Court decision in Love, Thoms v Commonwealth. The case concerned whether the Commonwealth had the power to deport two Aboriginal men who were born overseas.

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