Reconciliation Australia

Australians around the country are celebrating Mabo Day, which marks the anniversary of Koiki Mabo’s historic High Court victory. Mr Mabo led the successful 10-year legal battle to have his [...]

PRIME Minister Scott Morrison’s proposal to continue celebrating Australia Day on January 26, but introduce a separate “special day” for indigenous Australians may have been well intentioned – [...]

This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the historic Barunga Statement, which called for a national Treaty recognising Aboriginal prior ownership, continued occupation and sovereignty, and the [...]

National Reconciliation Week is just around the corner. In keeping with this year’s theme – Don’t Keep History a Mystery – we take a look at the role of truth-telling and historical acceptance in [...]

Reconciliation Australia acknowledges the Federal Government’s continued investment in services and programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. However, we are concerned that a [...]

‘Without a deep and meaningful understanding of our nation’s history, I don’t believe we can achieve reconciliation’ says  Peter Yu at this year’s ANU Reconciliation [...]

A decade on, the National Apology to the Stolen Generations remains a momentous turning point that demonstrates the importance of historical acceptance in paving the road to reconciliation. On [...]

8 February 2018 The establishment of an Indigenous voice to parliament would help address key problems outlined in a 10-year review of the Closing the Gap strategy, says Reconciliation Australia [...]

Reconciliation Australia calls on state and federal governments to take a justice reinvestment approach to urgently needed reforms, following the release of the Royal Commission’s final report on [...]

“I saw one part of the nation that wanted to say sorry and another part accept the apology, and forgive." – Dr. Evelyn Scott AO