Summary
This submission Caring for Country: Overcoming the twin legacies of terra nullius and aqua nullius was prepared by Dr Erin O’Donnell (settler), University of Melbourne Law School; Dr Katie O’Bryan (settler), Monash University Law School; Professor Sue Jackson (settler), Australian Rivers Institue, Griffith University; Kate Jama (settler), University of Melbourne Law School; Associate Professor Rebecca Nelson (settler), University of Melbourne Law School; Dr Eddie Cubillo (Larrakia, Wadjigan, Central Arrente Peoples), University of Melbourne Law School; and Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations.
This submission identifies the impact of the settler state legal system on Indigenous legal relations with water and land while also identifying opportunities to address these impacts.
Date: 17 November 2023