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  The Makarrata Commission is a proposed commission which would facilitate treaty-making and truth-telling between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Makarrata Commission was called for in the Uluru Statement from the Heart along with the Voice to Parliament. Australia is one of few Commonwealth nations who do not currently have a treaty or treaties with […]

The Uluru Statement from the Heart is an important document that expresses the collective aspirations of Australia’s First Nations peoples. In May 2017, an assembly of 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders gathered in Central Australia to discuss the nature of recognition and how the nation of Australia might move forward in the future.