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AHRC calls for long-overdue Human Rights Act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... said. The assessment covers six topics in detail: democratic freedoms, social cohesion and racism, economic justice, First Peoples justice, safety and equality and technological change. On democratic freedom, the assessment said the government must introduce ...

New energy park to eliminate nearly 70k tonnes of CO2

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... complemented by an extensive program of community and stakeholder engagement, including consultation with local First Peoples representatives, whose cultural heritage insights played a key role in shaping the final design of the energy park. Strategically ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... was previously under the strategy pillar of TNFD and now it's in governance. That's a result of the dialogue with First Peoples around the world, including representatives from Australia. "The feedback was, they didn't it want to be part of strategy ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the Australian people at the 2023 referendum will be: "A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration?" The ...

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... question put on the ballot will be set out as follows: "A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve of this alteration?" If voted ...

ASIC issues Indigenous Financial Services Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Initiative, an industry-led initiative that works to embed standards for the private sector to uphold the human rights of First Peoples. "The framework works largely in concert with the advanced Dhawura Ngilan Initiative to a degree, but the framework ...

Biodiversity market could hit $137bn by 2050: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... calculated direct finance flows, rather than indirect natural capital values, to identify how government, landowners, First Peoples, industry and philanthropic partners could collaborate to address the nation's rapidly declining biodiversity, as ...

HESTA pushes legal alignment to UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... destruction of significant cultural heritage at Juukan Gorge as an example of the risks to investors when the rights of First Peoples are not upheld. "We are calling on federal and state governments to create legislation aligned with UNDRIP that will ...

HESTA, Lendlease back First Nations initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Investor Initiative, which will also work to embed standards for the private sector to uphold the human rights of First Peoples. The initiative is part of a continuing response from investors and business in the wake of the destruction of Juukan Gorge ...

Mirvac launches first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... the importance of the original custodians of the land, and how our business is intrinsically linked to Australia's First Peoples, whether it's through customers, communities, partners or our employees," she said. "For Mirvac the RAP has provided us with ...
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