LAUNCH OF SOCIAL
JUSTICE COMMISSIONER'S
2003 SOCIAL JUSTICE and NATIVE TITLE REPORTS
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTAR) invite you to the launch of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner's 2003 annual reports on social justice and native title.
The reports will be tabled in federal Parliament today (10 March 2004).
This year's Social Justice Report 2003 considers:
- progress towards reconciliation, with a focus on government accountability mechanisms;
- progress in the Council of Australian Government's whole-of-government community trials;
- processes for Indigenous participation in decision making, including reform of ATSIC and capacity building initiatives;
- progress in addressing family violence in Indigenous communities and in addressing petrol sniffing on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands; and
- progress in addressing Indigenous disadvantage.
The Commission has prepared an Executive Summary of the Social Justice Report 2003. Click on the links below to download it.
- Executive
Summary - Social Justice Report 2003 in
Word
Format (238K) - Executive
Summary - Social Justice Report 2003 in
PDF
Format (237K)
The Native Title Report 2003 evaluates native title as a framework for economic and social development in Indigenous communities. The report considers:
- native title and international standards on development and sustainability;
- native title policies and practices of governments throughout Australia as a framework for economic and social development; and
- comparisons to legal and policy frameworks in Canada and the USA.
The Commission has prepared an Executive Summary of the Social Justice Report 2003. Click on the links below to download it.
- Executive
Summary - Native Title Report 2003 in Word
Format (116K)
- Executive
Summary - Native Title Report 2003 in PDF
Format (129K)
For further information about the reports and regional launches visit: www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/
LAUNCH: Friday 12 March, 10:00am for 10:30am.
VENUE: Museum of Sydney, cnr Phillips and Bridge St
SPEAKERS:
- Commissioner Bill Jonas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
- Senator Aden Ridgeway; Australian Democrats
- Professor Larissa Behrendt, Uni of Technology, Sydney
- Phil Glendenning, National President, ANTAR
DIARY NOTE: A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH COMMISSIONER JONAS WILL BE HELD PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH AT 9.30AM (AT THE SAME VENUE) - RSVPs not required
Media contact: Paul Oliver (02) 9284 9880 or 0408 469 347
Last updated10 March 2004.
