The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) (1990–2005) was the Australian Government body through which Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders were formally involved in the processes of government affecting their lives,established under the Hawke government in 1990. A number of Indigenous programs and organisations fell under the overall umbrella of ATSIC.
Yarrabah is a coastal town and locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah,Queensland,Australia. It is an Aboriginal community. In the 2021 census,the locality of Yarrabah had a population of 2,505 people.
The electoral district of Algester is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in south-west Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Algester,Parkinson,Hillcrest,Boronia Heights,Forestdale,Larapinta,Heathwood,Forest Lake,Doolandella and Pallara,as well as the Greenbank Military Range. It borders the electoral districts of Sunnybank,Stretton,Logan,Lockyer,Bundamba and Inala.
The Torres Strait Islander Flag is an official flag of Australia,and is the flag that represents Torres Strait Islander people. It was designed in 1992 by Bernard Namok. It won a local competition held by the Islands Coordinating Council,and was recognised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in June 1992.
Michael Hugh Lavarch AO is an Australian lawyer,educator and former politician. He was the Attorney-General for Australia between 1993 and 1996,and from 2004 to 2012 was Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology (QUT),his alma mater,where he has been since then emeritus professor. As of August 2020 he is co-chair,with Jackie Huggins,of the Eminent Panel for the Indigenous treaty process in Queensland.
Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from,or membership in the ethnic groups that lived in areas within the Australian continent before British colonisation,or both. They consist of two distinct groups:the Aboriginal peoples of the Australian mainland and Tasmania,and the Torres Strait Islander peoples from the seas between Queensland and Papua New Guinea. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or the person's specific cultural group,is often preferred,though the terms First Nations of Australia,First Peoples of Australia and First Australians are also increasingly common;812,728 people self-identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in the 2021 Australian Census,representing 3.2% of the total population of Australia. Of these Indigenous Australians,91.4% identified as Aboriginal;4.2% identified as Torres Strait Islander;while 4.4% identified with both groups. Since 1995,the Australian Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag have been official flags of Australia.
Yvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the seat of Redcliffe. D'Ath has served as the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence and Leader of the House. She was previously a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the outer Brisbane seat of Petrie from 2007 to 2013.
Mark Lionel Furner is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of Australian Senate from 2008 to 2014,representing the state of Queensland. Since the 2015 Queensland state election,he has represented Ferny Grove in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Curtis Warren Pitt is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since 2009,representing the district of Mulgrave. On 14 February 2015,he was sworn in as Treasurer of Queensland.
There have been 97 women in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since its establishment in 1860. Women have had the right to vote in the Assembly since 1905 and the right to stand as candidates since 1915.
Ian Bradley Walker is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal National member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2017,representing the electorate of Mansfield. He was Minister for Science,Information Technology,Innovation and the Arts from 2013 to 2015 under Campbell Newman.
Craig Daryl Crawford is an Australian politician currently serving as the Queensland Minister for Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. He has been the Labor member for the Far North Queensland seat of Barron River in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.
Shannon Maree Fentiman is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Waterford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015 and has served as the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services since 2023.
The Quandamooka people are Aboriginal Australians who live around Moreton Bay in Southeastern Queensland. They are composed of three distinct tribes,the Nunukul,the Goenpul and the Ngugi,and they live primarily on Moreton and North Stradbroke Islands,that form the eastern side of the bay. Many were pushed out of their lands when the English colonial government established a penal colony near there in 1824. Each group has its own language. A number of local food sources are utilised by the tribes.
Evelyn Ruth Scott was an Indigenous Australian social activist and educator.
Aboriginal Australian identity,sometimes known as Aboriginality,is the perception of oneself as Aboriginal Australian,or the recognition by others of that identity. Aboriginal Australians are one of two Indigenous Australian groups of peoples,the other being Torres Strait Islanders. There has also been discussion about the use of "Indigenous" vs "Aboriginal",or more specific group names,such as Murri or Noongar (demonyms),Kaurna or Yolngu,based on language,or a clan name. Usually preference of the person(s) in question is used,if known.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice,also known as the Indigenous Voice to Parliament,the First Nations Voice or simply the Voice,was a proposed Australian federal advisory body to comprise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,to represent the views of Indigenous communities.
The Third Palaszczuk Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland led by Annastacia Palaszczuk. Palaszczuk led the Labor Party to a majority victory in the 2020 state election and a third term in government since 2015. The cabinet's first meeting was held on 16 November 2020 in the Sunshine Coast suburb of Caloundra.
Albert Holt,usually referred to as Uncle Albert Holt,is an Aboriginal elder of the Bidjara people.
