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Welcome
Welcome to the Indigenous Law Centre’s (ILC) first newsletter of 2014 (ILC Newsletter  Number 10)! Although the ILC has a challenging and busy year ahead, we stand strongly committed to being a primary provider of Indigenous community legal education through our specialty Indigenous law journals, our topical open forums and our informative research briefs.  This month in particular we are excited to announce the ILC’s premier journal – the Indigenous Law Bulletin (ILB) has had a makeover.  Led by ILB editor Rebecca, the ILB now sports a more modern look and feel!  Have you renewed your subscription for 2014? remember you can now renew online or contact ilc@unsw.edu.au for more information. 

We hope you enjoy this edition of the ILC newsletter and look forward to working with you in 2014! Remember to regularly check the
 ILC website for all the latest news and upcoming events.
 
Professor Megan Davis delivers SKM Reconciliation Lecture
To mark the 6th anniversary of the Australian Government’s Apology to the Stolen Generations, ILC Director Professor Megan Davis was invited to present the first Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) reconciliation lecture for 2014. Professor Davis presented to a full room of staff and guests on February 13, with the lecture also streamed to SKM offices in Sydney and Perth, as well as being shown live on SKM’s Youtube channel.    As a member of the Expert Panel on Constitutional reform and recognition, Prof Davis took through guests through the details of the Panel’s five recommendations for reform. Some of the recommendations include removing Section 25 of the Constitution, which allow States to ban people from voting based on their race; and removing Section 51 (xxvi) which can be used to pass laws that can discriminate against people based on their race. You can watch the lecture online here and read the full report by the Expert Panel here
Prof Davis presents the Ruby Hutchinson Memorial Lecture 2014
Staff and guests of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) and CHOICE were delighted to hear from our Director, Professor Megan Davis, as she gave this year’s Ruby Hutchison Memorial Lecture at the Museum of Sydney on Wednesday, 12 March. The memorial lecture is held annually in memory of Ruby Hutchison who was the founder of the Australian Consumer’s Association (now called CHOICE). Known as a trailblazing politician and campaigner, Ruby was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, and the first woman to be elected to that body in 1954.   

Professor Davis’ lecture focused on what it means to be an Indigenous consumer today—whether living in rural, remote or urban areas Professor Davis pointed out there have been many positive developments in consumer regulation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, particularly with the establishment of the Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network (ICAN). She also discussed the needs of the Indigenous consumer from an international perspective drawing on her expertise a member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. 
Congratulations Dr Leon Terrill!
The ILC would like to congratulate our Acting Director Leon Terrill on being awarded his PhD.  Dr Terrill's thesis was titled "Beyond communal and individual ownership: Demystifying Aboriginal land reform in the Northern Territory".  Leon was supervised by ILC Director Megan Davis and ILC Centre Associate Sean Brennan.  Leon was also recently awarded a PhD Excellence Award from UNSW Law.  Congratulations Dr Terrill!
New look Indigenous Law Bulletin (ILB)
Readers of the ILB will notice the first issue of 2014 - Volume 8(10) has been given a facelift featuring a new logo and updated design and style.  The aim of the redesign was to create a modern and fresh look that emphasised the content of the articles, while also continuing to highlight the work of Indigenous artists.      As the look of the ILB had not changed for nearly 13 years, we thought it was important, and also perfect timing, to start off the new year with a new look ILB!
 
The ILC’s long standing designer, John Hewitt, has been instrumental in creating this new look, which has so far received some great feedback. We would also like to thank the feature artist for this issue, Bronwyn Bancroft, whose artwork has contributed to a spectacular looking ILB. We are really happy with the way the new ILB is looking.  What do you think?  Tell us what you think of our new look on twitter and facebook! 
New edition of Constitutional Law & Theory book out now 
The sixth edition of the leading constitutional law text Blackshield and Williams Australian Constitutional Law and Theory has just been published by Federation Press and features significant input from ILC people, especially Centre Associate A/Prof Sean Brennan.       
A/Prof Brennan is a co-author with George Williams and Andrew Lynch. Chapters on the Races Power and Indigenous Peoples have been revised and updated, including extracts from Centre Director Megan Davis’ recent work on self-determination and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In the chapter on Constitutional Change, excerpts from the Expert Panel’s report on Indigenous Recognition have been included in a new section about Aboriginal Peoples.  You can purchase the book or find out more about it by visiting the Federation Press website.
ILC student news
This semester the ILC welcomes three student interns to the Centre.  We are pleased to have Tim Buckley working on the Australian Indigenous Law Review, Divyangana Dhankar working on the Indigenous Law Bulletin and Caitlin Weatherby-Fell joining us through the Social Justice Intern program.

If you would like more information about the student internship programs offered at the ILC, please click here.
Australian Indigenous Law Review (AILR)
The Australian Indigenous Law Review is set to publish its general issue, issue 17(1). This issue includes a range of contributions from respected Australian and international scholars, and will reflect some of the diversity of thought that exists on variety of relevant and current legal issues pertaining to Indigenous peoples.     

It includes articles on the decision of Akiba v Commonwealth, the legislative changes to right to silence and duty to disclose in NSW and the impact this has on Indigenous suspects, approaches to prison design in light of the RCIADIC, recent challenges to community-specific by-laws in Western Australian Aboriginal communities, a survey of Northern Territory judicial and statutory approaches to sentencing, a guide to the various reform process over the last six years of the Native Title Act, the laws governing customary land rights of the Orang Asli in Malaysia and an article about the possibility of recognising Indigenous Broadcasting as a seperate legal category.
 
Our thematic issue, issue 17(2), has also made progress and is set to be published in late May, 2014. It explores the theme of 'Formal Equality, Substantive Equality and Special Measures'. A call for contributions for our next thematic edition is also out.
 
Issue 18(1) is about 'Indigenous Land Tenure Reform' and it aims to cast a fresh look at recent attempts at, and calls for land tenure reform on Indigenous land.  A call for abstracts for this edition can be found below. 
 
Indigenous Law Bulletin (ILB)
We are very excited to be kicking off 2014 with a ‘new-look’ Indigenous Law Bulletin (ILB)! Volume 8(10) importantly features commentary and analysis on some significant and current issues happening in Indigenous law. Native Title expert, Dr Lisa Strelein looks at the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into Native Title, focusing specifically on Section 23 which sets the parameters for the requirement of proof.        

Also looking at issues to do with Native Title is Perth based lawyer, Wanjie Song, who examines the first court ordered payment of Native Title compensation in the De Rose case in South Australia. This issue also includes the work of some great UNSW professionals - Professor George Williams, a leading Constitutional expert, discusses whether true reconciliation requires a treaty; Centre Associate, Lauren Butterly takes us though a High Court case relating to fishing and native title rights; ILC research assistant and Australian Indigenous Law Review (AILR) Editor, Marie Iskander discusses the important and very topical issue of changing Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act; and ILC research assistant, Lucy Jackson examines the High Court Bugmy case in our casenote for this issue. 
 
Call for submissions

AILR 
If you would like to contribute an article (between 6,000-14,000 words, including footnotes) to the next thematic edition of the AILR, on the topic of ‘Indigenous Land Tenure Reform’, please email an abstract or brief summary of your topic to the Editor at ailr@unsw.edu.au The closing date for submissions is Monday 2 June 2014. 

ILB 
If you are an academic, student, practitioner, part of a community organisation, or are simply concerned about issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the ILB wants to hear from you! We welcome contributions (around 2,000 words) from Indigenous and non-Indigenous authors on a wide range of topics.  Email ilb@unsw.edu.au.
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