Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2009) Social justice report 2008. Sydney: Australian Human Rights Commission
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2009) Closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage: the challenge for Australia Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC) (2008) Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) monitoring report: measuring progress of NTER activities August 2007 to 30 June 2008. Canberra: Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
Indigenous leader, Professor Mick Dodson AM, has been named Australian of the Year 2009.
Australian Human Rights Commission, Calma T (2008) Preventing crime and promoting rights for Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and mental health issues. (Report no. 3) Canberra: Australian Human Rights Commission
Les Malezer has won the 2008 Human Rights Medal, awarded for a person’s committment to issues of human rights, social justice and equality.
Patrick Dodson has won the 2008 Sydney Peace Prize, which is given to people who make significant contributions to peace with justice.
Department of Premier and Cabinet (2008) Stolen Generation of Aboriginal Children Act 2006: Report of the Stolen Generation Assessor. Tasmania: Office of Stolen Generation Assessor, Department of Premier and Cabinet
Aboriginal Resource and Development Services (2008) An absence of mutual respect. Winnellie (NT): Aboriginal Resource and Development Services
On 21 – 22 November 2007, the Third National Indigenous Justice Forum took place at the Parliamentary Annexe in Brisbane, Queensland. The theme for the Third National Indigenous Justice Forum was ‘Cultural healing in criminal justice service delivery: an identification of best practice and innovation to inform further service design’.
