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These projects include:

• (2002-05) Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements with Indigenous Peoples in Settler States: Their Role and Relevance

  This project investigated the cultural, social and legal rights encompassed by past, present and potential agreements and treaties with Indigenous peoples. It examined the legal history and foundations of these agreements, audited their purposes, statuses and outcomes, and undertook comparative research on an international level. While many of the agreements analysed by this project related to land, the project also looked at agreements that centred on areas such as health, education and research.

• (2006-2009) Implementation of Agreements and Treaties with Indigenous and Local Peoples in Postcolonial States

  This project studied the implementation of agreements and treaties in selected Australian and international contexts. It drew on disciplines including law, anthropology and geography to examine the social, cultural and legal complexity of agreement implementation and outcomes in postcolonial scenarios.

• (2010-13) Poverty in the Midst of Plenty

  This project was a comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the institutional, legal and policy reforms required to reduce poverty in Indigenous communities. It identified and analysed impediments to Indigenous socio-economic empowerment, with a special focus on the impacts of large-scale resources projects located in proximity to local communities. Using policy, fiscal, procedural and legal prescriptions and models, it also identified ways to promote sustainable socio-economic development and wealth accumulation for these communities and their residents.

• 2013 onwards: Health and community service agreements

  ATNS aims to develop a picture of health related agreements as a body of mechanisms for intervention. Data analysis is underway to identify critical features of our data, such as the purposes of the agreements, priorities in the health issues addressed, parties to the agreements, etc. This project will contribute to the Closing the Gap priorities and will be of significant use for governments, health service delivery agencies and health researchers with an interest in policy, evaluation and assessment of health outcomes.

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ATNS Australian Research Council (ARC) lead researchers +

Lead researchers on past ATNS ARC grants included:

• Professor Marcia Langton
• Professor Lee Godden
• Professor Miranda Stewart
• Professor Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh
• Dr Lisa Strelein
• Professor John Taylor
• Associate Professor Maureen Tehan
• Professor Matthew Gray

Australian Research Council (ARC) partners +

• Australian Government – Australia Research Council
• AIATSIS
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
• The Australian National University
• Griffith University
• The University of Melbourne
• Department of Families, House, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
• Santos
• Woodside
• Marnda Mia
• Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC)

Health and community service agreements lead researchers +

• Professor Marcia Langton
• Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker
• Dr Kristen Smith
• Jacqueline Katona
• Leah Johnston

Health and community service agreements - partners +

• The University of Melbourne

Photographic contributions +

We acknowledge the contributors of the following photos used on our homepage:

• Case law: The Mabo Case plaintiffs, Father Dave Passi, Eddie Mabo and James Rice with their lawyer Bryan Keon-Cohen, Supreme Court of QLD, May 1989. Courtesy of Yarra Bank Films.
• Timeline: Courtesy of AIATSIS, Yirrkala community and the House of Representatives, Australian Parliament, item AIAS.022.CS-000092459.
• Agreement making: Courtesy of AIATSIS, Yirrkala community and the House of Representatives, Australian Parliament, item AIAS.031.BW-N00254_03.

Research fellows +

• Odette Mazel
• Frances Morphy
• Judy Longbottom
• Dr Meribah Rose
• Emily Cheesman
• Sharon Ahmer

Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) Scholars +

• Dr Lily O’Neill (2011-2014)
• Dr Angus Frith (2006-2011)

Researchers +

• Laura Berta
• Alice Bewley
• Emille Boulot
• Takele Bulto
• Nuwan Dias
• Madeleine Heyward
• Belinda Parker
• Nicole Stobart
• Jay Tilley
• Alistair Webster

Interns and volunteers +