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ANTaR is the preeminent non-Indigenous national advocacy organisation dedicated specifically to the rights - and overcoming the disadvantage - of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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The Federal Election 2010

ANTaR's election analysis

ANTaR has developed a comprehensive analysis of the Indigenous affairs election platforms of the Labor Party, the Coalition and the Greens.

For more about the Federal Election 2010 click here

Ten years on: Are we there yet?

Ten years ago, hundreds of thousands of Australians walked across bridges in support of reconciliation.

We have much to be proud of in looking back over the past ten years, but injustice and disadvantage continue to affect Indigenous Australians. We have yet to fulfill the promise of the bridge walks to achieve equality and reconciliation.

So this year Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) calls for a year of recommitment to reconciliation.

Show your ongoing commitment to reconciliation by doing a virtual bridge walk.

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Some of ANTaR's other campaigns:

A Better Way

On Monday 21st June 2010, the Senate passed legislation which partially restores the racial discrimination protections in the NT and establishes a new compulsory income management scheme.
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Close the Gap

ANTaR has been campaigning for Indigenous health rights since 2004 and is one of the founding members of the Close The Gap coalition.
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What's new?

Sober up the man: the wife wins. Sober up the wife: the children win.

25 October 2009

This little ditty is at the heart of an innovative Aboriginal Men’s Centre.

The Goori Men’s Recovery Centre, in Cleveland, has been awarded the ANTaR Qld 3rd Annual Close the Gap Award for their well-structured and culturally appropriate approach to helping men recover from drug and alcohol addiction problems.

Rights Report a good start but Indigenous rights left in the “too hard” basket

13 October 2009

ANTaR today welcomed the release of the report of the National Human Rights Consultation.

"We welcome the dawning of a human rights culture and legal framework in Australia which this report represents," ANTaR President, Dr Janet Hunt, said today.

"However it appears that the distinctive rights of Australia's First Peoples have been left in the too hard basket. Yet the Report itself makes clear that the consultations, especially those with many Indigenous participants, clearly indicated that these rights need protection.

ANTaR’s new National Director starting today

12 October 2009

Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) is pleased to announce that Mark Drury will be taking up the role of ANTaR National Director today. ANTaR is the pre-eminent national organisation promoting the rights of Indigenous peoples in Australia.

“Mark Drury has over 25 years experience in driving policy, projects and programs that educate, inspire and harness the power of individuals towards the common good. He has a strategic focus and experience in building consensus with people who have diverse agendas and contrary opinions. He is very focused on achieving real outcomes,” said ANTaR President, Dr Janet Hunt.