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UNSW Micro-Treaty
\ UNSW is creating a Micro-Treaty with Indigenous communities to ensure their voices are heard. A Micro-Treaty empowers Indigenous communities by enabling self-determination, ensuring their involvement in decisions affecting them directly, fostering autonomy, and addressing systemic barriers, promoting cultural inclusivity, and empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, staff and communities.
UNSW News & Events
29 May 2024
Micro-Treaty - UNSW remains committed to a voice for Indigenous Australians
UNSW is creating a micro-treaty with its Indigenous communities to ensure their voices are heard.
14 Jun 2023
Why are First Nations children still not coming home from out-of-home care?
New research shows keeping First Nations families together is better for the children’s wellbeing. How can First Nations families be better supported to achieve this?
31 May 2023
Australian Space Awards recognise UNSW innovators
UNSW staff and alumni have received honours at the fourth annual Australian Space Awards.
18 Apr 2023
Why can’t we just establish the Voice to Parliament through legislation?
Legislation is an unsatisfactory way to institute a Voice to Parliament because, among other reasons, it would make the body insecure and vulnerable to the whims of different governments.
18 Apr 2023
A dive into the deep past reveals Indigenous burning helped suppress bushfires 10,000 years ago
Researchers focused on a site in the Illawarra region of NSW, which holds a unique record into the past.
29 Mar 2023
The Voice: what is it, where did it come from, and what can it achieve?
We now know the wording of the Voice referendum and proposed constitutional amendment. But what may have been forgotten is how we got here in the first place – and why it matters.
Research
UNSW is home to many leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholars who do vital work for their communities and the nation more broadly. The University has been an important place for driving forward Indigenous legal scholarship and work for many years, through the Indigenous Law Centre based at UNSW Law. Start your research career at UNSW, meet our other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, and see the impact you can make.
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Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country
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Frequently Asked Questions
This is a growing resource of frequently asked questions with answers developed by our team.
UNSW is located on the unceded territory of the Bedegal (Kensington campus), Gadigal (City and Paddington campuses) and Ngunnawal peoples (Canberra) who are the Traditional Owners of the lands where each campus of UNSW is situated.
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