Australia is the only Commonwealth country that does not have a treaty with its First Nations Peoples. Colonisation, assimilation, and ongoing attacks on self-determination, culture, languages, and lands creates urgency in calls for treaty from first nations Australians. This year’s lecture will raise these issues from the perspective of legal justice.

Appointed Senior Counsel in 2015, Wiri man Tony McAvoy has developed a strong native title practice and has successfully appeared for claimants in several land claims. He has also acquired significant experience in the areas of environmental law, administrative law, human rights and discrimination law, coronial inquests and criminal law.

Between 2011 and 2013, Tony was an Acting Part-Time Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court.

WHERE: ONLINE via Zoom Webinar, live-streamed from The Pavilion, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 15 Blackall Street, Barton.

A small group are welcome to join in person at the ACC&C. Please RSVP as numbers are very limited due to COVID-19 restrictions.

If you wish to attend in person you must RSVP at least 24 hours prior to the event: info@antaract.org.au

BACKGROUND: David Hunter was one of the founding members of ANTaR, and an enormously supportive and inspiring activist on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues. In October 2000 he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, and he died in December 2003. This will be the 17th annual memorial lecture held in memory of David’s contributions to reconciliation and Indigenous rights.