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Asserting Australia's First Nations Sovereignty into Governance

Sovereign Union - First Nations Asserting Sovereignty

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NT intervention extended for a decade - Day of mourning declared


Stolen Futures

Aboriginal leaders have declared a day of mourning after federal parliament passed legislation to continue the Northern Territory intervention for another decade.

Labor and the opposition teamed up to pass the controversial laws in the Senate in the early hours of Friday morning after a marathon debate, which started early Thursday evening.

Attempts by the Greens to heavily amend the laws, including cutting the sunset clause from 10 to five years, were defeated.

The Greens accused the government of sneaking the laws through in the shadow of the media storm over asylum seekers on the final day before parliament's winter break.

Indigenous leader Dr Djiniyini Gondarra from East Arnhem Land and Rosalie Kunoth Monks from Central Australia have jointly declared a day of mourning for Aboriginal people following the passing of the laws.

Litigating the Boundaries of Sovereignty - Symposium Day 1

Aboriginal Sovereignty SymposiumThe Legal Intersections Research Centre at the University of Wollongong and the School of Law and Justice of Southern Cross University are jointly organising a one-day workshop to explore the legal and political implications of the articulated claim to the continuity of Aboriginal sovereignty in Australia.

The workshop will specifically focus on discussing the complexities of litigating claims of Aboriginal sovereignty as a public interest issue by focusing on three case studies.

Where we are coming from, moving into a new and exciting future

With a new and exciting future ahead, Michael Anderson reminds us of where we have been in the past 40 years in respect of our struggle for land rights, sovereignty, restitution and compensation, and what has been said and acted upon by the governments.

He presents an overview of our struggle for sovereignty and outlines the importance of standing our ground. This article includes examples of the concerns the state and territories have in respect of our potential claims that will come their way.

This, people, is our time. Stand up and be counted.

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Governance and Doublespeak

Professor Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, last surviving member of the founding four of the Aboriginal Embassy and Head of State of the Euahlayi Peoples Republic provides an insight into the current interplay of doublespeak in governance…. The definition of doublespeak is language used to deceive usually through concealment or misrepresentation of truth. It is language that intentionally obscures, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words.

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In The Spirit Of Windradyne: Paul Towney’s Wiradjuri Sovereignty Case

An insight into Paul Towney’s Wiradjuri sovereignty case heard in the Orange Magistrates Court, Central NSW on 9 September 2025.
- by Professor Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia, asserting Australia's First Nations Sovereignty into Governance

The original invasion of Wiradjuri lands witnessed the rise of a young Wiradjuri warrior, Windradyne, who understood that his Country was being invaded by the British colonial squattocracy from 1813 onwards.
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