Class action launched against Commonwealth for Stolen Generation
By Jerome Doraisamy|28 April 2021
Northern Territory-based survivors of the Stolen Generation have issued legal proceedings against the Commonwealth, demanding compensation for the forcible removal from their families as children, from 1910 to the 1970s.
A class action has been filed in the NSW Supreme Court by First Nations Australians based in the NT for injustices endured by thousands of Indigenous families.
The proceedings are being run by Shine Lawyers and funded by Litigation Lending Services (LLS). The case follows extensive consultation with affected NT community members, the firm said in a statement.
‘Our stories have to be told’
Research Scientist, CSIRO
We have only finite land and water resources, and climate change, environmentally harmful practises and emerging diseases threaten supply chains.
Today, we’ve taken a leap towards bringing insects into mainstream Australian diets, with the launch of CSIRO’s Edible Insects Industry Roadmap. It carves out a comprehensive plan exploring the challenges and opportunities for Australia to become a player in a global industry worth A$1.4 billion by 2023.
The roadmap provides a handy framework for anyone interested in getting a slice of the cricket pie, including new insect start-ups, farmers, food producers, researchers, policy makers and First Nations enterprises. To unlock the farming potential of Australia’s native insect species, we need to form new collaborations, co-develop First Nations-owned initiatives, and conduct more research.
Rare bone tool artefact revealed
Discovery on the Murray gives insight into ancient Australia.
Archaeologists Duncan Wright, Christopher Wilson, Roger Luebbers and Kelly Wiltshire (L-R) on the Murrawong excavation in 2008. Credit: Flinders University
Analysis of a crafted bone point unearthed on Ngarrindjeri country in South Australia is shedding new light on the behaviour and tool use of First Nations Australians, according to a new paper published in the journal
Australian Archaeology.
(a) The Murrawong bone point; (b) superior view; (c) inferior view; and (d) distal edge featuring use-related damage. Credit: Flinders University
The point was crafted out of kangaroo or wallaby bone, and later discarded or lost in the sediment for thousands of years until it was painstakingly excavated in 2008 by Dr Chris Wilson – a Ngarrindjeri archaeologist from Flinders University – and his team.
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