News
2017
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ANIRC 2017 program announced
1 Mar 2017
Over 150 leading thinkers, covering the spectrum of Indigenous research and policy development, will come together for three days of thought provoking discussion.
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Overturning aqua nullius – securing Aboriginal water rights
22 Feb 2017
The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG officially launched the latest Aboriginal Studies Press publication, Overturning aqua nullius, in Sydney today.
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AIATSIS hosts native title law workshop
20 Feb 2017
Native title lawyers from eight NTRBs from across Australia gathered at AIATSIS for two days of intensive native title law discussions recently.
![image of back of a ute and a water drum with a sign on it in bushland taken from the cover of the report](http://web.archive.org./web/20170305162542im_/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/view_images/news/authorisation-decision-making-native-title-thumb.jpg?itok=zOTlBMVs)
Authorisation and decision-making in native title
16 Feb 2017
Our latest AIATSIS Research Publication, Authorisation and decision-making in native title by Nick Duff, is now available as a free download.
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Warlpiri Drawings included on Memory of the World Register
9 Feb 2017
The collection of artworks known as the Warlpiri Drawings, held by AIATSIS, was inscribed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register in a ceremony in Canberra today.
2016
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Farewell from the CEO
15 Dec 2016
I feel extremely privileged, as the outgoing CEO, to have been able to make a contribution to the sustainable development and future prosperity of AIATSIS.
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Call for papers - Australian Aboriginal Studies
13 Dec 2016
Australian Aboriginal Studies (AAS) is inviting papers for coming issues.
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Yumalundi NIRAKN Fellowship program
5 Dec 2016
Recipients of the Yumalundi NIRAKN Fellowship grants have been announced.
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NFSA and AIATSIS formalise collaboration through MoU
15 Nov 2016
The NFSA and AIATSIS have formalised collaboration through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.
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CEO announces retirement
3 Nov 2016
AIATSIS Chairperson, Professor Mick Dodson AM, today announced that Russell Taylor AM has formally advised of his intention to resign as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 30 December 2016.