The first Aboriginal rangers conference for the NSW South Coast has been held in Mystery Bay. The event brought together nine ranger groups from Wollongong to Eden. Workshops aimed to teach rangers how to best take care of country by combining cultural knowledge from elders with new technology.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/aboriginal-rangers-conference-on-nsw-south-coast/106460538 #IndigenousIP #rangers #biodiversity #careforcountry
'Protest group Te Waka Hourua redacted the English text of the Treaty of Waitangi, which hung across from Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the ‘Signs of a Nation’ exhibit at Te Papa, in 2023.
The Crown has dropped all charges against the man accused of damaging a Treaty of Waitangi exhibit at Te Papa Tongarewa, in 2023.
Te Wehi Ratana, 31, from Nelson, was facing two charges of obstruction of police, and intentionally damaging an art installation, when the group, Te Waka Hourua, entered the museum and used spray paint and a power tool to damage the exhibit.
Ratana’s charges were dropped on Tuesday after his defence lawyer, Julia Spelman, had given the Crown a draft of a defence expert’s evidence for the future trial.
The judge was told the Crown Solicitor decided it was not in the public interest to proceed despite their thoughts the prosecution had evidence to prove both charges.'
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360949419/crown-drops-charges-against-man-accused-damaging-treaty-waitangi-exhibit
#nzlaw #nzpol #treatyofwaitangi #IndigenousIP
Indigenous Australian VRES Summer Report. Last week, it was great to share the summer research work of several Indigenous students from the QUT Faculty of Business and Law with our research partner Triple A First Nations Media and their chief executive Renita Anderson. Ryan Menner has been the very capable steward and partnership-builder behind this programme for a number of years. The research topics this year included
Artificial Intelligence and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)
Student: Nikolas Marchetti (Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Law) supervised by Prof. Matthew Rimmer
Digitising First Nations Voices, examining the ethical. cultural and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) dimensions of digitising Triple A's archival works
Student: Ruby Van Tongeren (Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Behavioural Science), co-supervised by Prof. Matthew Rimmer and Dr. Edwina Luck.
Engaging First Nations Youth, examining the Original 100's reach to a youth audience, including through digital media and platforms
Student: Ethan Munns. (Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Law) supervised by Dr. Edwina Luck
The Case for Standalone Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)
Student: Belle Toohey (Bachelor of Communications/Bachelor of Law) supervised by Prof. Matthew Rimmer
Photograph - Matthew Rimmer Ryan Menner Nikolas Marchetti, Ruby Van Tongeren Renita A. of Triple A & Ethan Munns. Belle Toohey was also part of this programme.
#IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol #AI #digitisation #datasovereignty #digitalmedia
Two Visions, One Challenge: Building a better Australia
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/thomas-mayo-ray-martin-building-a-better-australia/106341060 Natasha Mitchell
Thomas Mayo invites us to imagine a reconciled Australia that has learned from its history and forged new pathways forward.
Ray Martin is demanding we stop talking and start acting on social justice for Aboriginal people.
Two voices. Two generations of advocacy. One urgent question: who will we become?
The Walyalup Oration is a centrepiece of the City of Fremantle's annual Truth-telling and Focus First Nation Films Program. In The Walyalup Oration leading thinkers in the fields of Indigenous/colonial relations offer their insights into creating a fairer, (re)conciled and more prosperous future for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
The Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration is presented by Communities in Control
Speakers
Thomas Mayo
Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal, Erubamle Torres Strait Islander human rights advocate and renowned author among other books of Always Was, Always Will Be (2024) and Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons (2021)
Ray Martin
Award-winning journalist and television presenter who has reported for and/or presented some of TV's highest-profile current affairs and variety shows of recent decades
#auspol #auslaw #IndigenousIP
Join acclaimed author and human rights advocate Thomas Mayo and media icon Ray Martin AM as they deliver two powerful orations on justice, reconciliation, and the future of Australia. Thomas Mayo invites us to imagine a reconciled Australia that has learned from its history and forged new pathways forward. Ray Martin is demanding we stop talking and start acting on social justice for Aboriginal people. Two voices. Two generations of advocacy. One urgent question: who will we become? The Walyalup Oration is a centrepiece of the City of Fremantle's annual Truth-telling and Focus First Nation Films Program. In The Walyalup Oration leading thinkers in the fields of Indigenous/colonial relations offer their insights into creating a fairer, (re)conciled and more prosperous future for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration is presented by Communities in Control Speakers Thomas Mayo Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal, Erubamle Torres Strait Islander human rights advocate and renowned author among other books of Always Was, Always Will Be (2024) and Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons (2021) Ray Martin Award-winning journalist and television presenter who has reported for and/or presented some of TV's highest-profile current affairs and variety shows of recent decades.
Matthew Rimmer
