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The cluster hosts regular seminars and reading groups.

Portrait of Judge Nathan Jarro

Q&A with Judge Nathan Jarro

2 June 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Featured events
Join a Q&A with Judge Nathan Jarro, Judge of the Queensland District Court and Queensland’s first Indigenous judge.

Unmasking the Racial Contract: Indigenous Voices on Racism in the Australian Public Service

13 September 2020 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Indigenous Peoples and the Law
SEMINAR | presented by Dr Debbie Bargallie, Griffith University

Aboriginal Scholarship: Speaking Truth to Power

1 September 2020 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Indigenous Peoples and the Law
SEMINAR | Presented by Dr Fiona Foley, Griffith University

Research through storying

28 July 2020 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Indigenous Peoples and the Law
SEMINAR | Presented by Professor Tracey Bunda

Reading group

12 May 2020 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Indigenous Peoples and the Law
Led by Trudie Broderick, discussing 2 readings authored by Val Napoleon.

Reading group

31 March 2020 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in Indigenous Peoples and the Law
The reading to be discussed is Jenny Reardon and Kim TallBear, ‘“Your DNA is Our History”: Genomics, Anthropology, and the Construction of Whiteness as Property’ (2012) 53 Current Anthropology S233.
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Cashless welfare transfers and Australia's first peoples - redemptive or repressive violence?

8 November 2019 12:00pm
 
in School events
The government has enacted a host of Cashless Debit Card (CDC) legislation purportedly to address substance abuse and foster socially responsible behaviour. Their CDC narrative of policy success and redemptive prospects is deeply contentious.
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Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

11 October 2019 9:00am–10:00am
 
in School events
This paper will consider the notion of Indigenous rights in Australia, and the impacts of those rights in a climate change policy vacuum. Presented by Tom McEvoy SC, Australia's first Indigenous Senior Counsel.

Reading group

2 August 2019 1:30pm–2:30pm
 
in Indigenous Peoples and the Law
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Indigenous Cultural Competency in Legal Education: Time for Top-down Reform

2 August 2019 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in School events
Presented by Dr Simon Young - Professor of Law and Justice (USQ), Adjunct Professor (UWA), External Fellow (UQ Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law).

Reading group

9 April 2019 1:30pm–2:30pm
 
in Indigenous Peoples and the Law
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Indigenous People and Legal Education: A Critical Reflection

12 February 2019 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Public lectures
In this seminar, the presenters, both of whom are Indigenous legal scholars, reflect on changes to Indigenous people’s engagement with legal education since 2005.

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