Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory

• ALA commends Attorney-General for not rushing anti-discrim bill

  22nd Mar 2013

  The Australian Lawyers Alliance today commended the Federal Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus, for not rushing consideration of the anti-discrimination bill or the reading and deliberation of submissions pertaining to the Bill, which may have resulted in substandard legislation.

• Apartheid-style legislation is incompatible with human rights

  29th Jun 2012

  The Federal Government’s recklessness in pushing through parliament, with the support of some Opposition MPs, racist legislation, that sets the rights of Indigenous people in the Northern Territory back decades, will not go unchallenged, the Australian Lawyers Alliance said today.

• Dark day as bills threaten asylum seekers and Indigenous rights

  28th Jun 2012

  “Two bills concurrently being considered by the Australian Federal Parliament flag the urgent need for a Federal Human Rights Act to protect the rights of the marginalised and disadvantaged,” Australian Lawyers Alliance National President, Greg Barns, said today.

• ALA applauds stance of Indigenous elders against 'Stronger Futures'

  2nd May 2012

  The Australian Lawyers Alliance today applauded the bold stance of Indigenous elders in west and central Arnhem Land who are refusing to participate in land lease negotiations for mining exploration licences in revolt against the Federal Government’s Stronger Futures legislation.

• Bipartisan Stronger Futures policy in breach of international law

  14th Mar 2012

  Release today of the Senate report on the proposed Stronger Futures law, has prompted the Australian Lawyers Alliance to warn the federal government to be wary of breaching international human rights decrees if the legislation passes through the Senate. 

• Politicians ruling by stealth as wilful ignorance flourishes

  12th Mar 2012

  Opinion piece written by Mandy Wyer for attribution to ALA National President, Greg Barns. It appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald Opinion page on Friday 16 March 2012.

• Stronger Futures film and consultation at Parliament House today

  27th Feb 2012

  Notification of the Our Generation Indigenous film and Stronger Futures Consultation Evening at Parliament House theatrette, Canberra.

• Proposed Stronger Futures law will put more Indigenous people in jail

  7th Feb 2012

  The Australian Lawyers Alliance said today that the federal government’s proposed Stronger Futures legislation will continue to erode Indigenous advancement and increase the Indigenous jail population.

• Indigenous rights documentary to be screened at Parliament House

  3rd Feb 2012

  Concern that federal politicians are about to vote on crucial Indigenous rights legislation, without proper evaluation or community consultation, has prompted an Indigenous documentary screening and discussion evening at Parliament House, Canberra, this month.