A manifesto for change ANA MANERO, VIRGINIA MARSHALL, QUENTIN GRAFTON In attempting to understand the true value of the natural environment and its importance to Indigenous people, researchers and policymakers must be led by Indigenous knowledge and...

Kat Taylor, Anne Poelina, Quentin Grafton When the British colonised Australia they assumed terra nullius, “nobody’s land”, and aqua nullius, “nobody’s water”. In 1992, terra nullius was overturned – but aqua nullius remains. Aqua nullius denies the existence of...

Kat Taylor, Anne Poelina, William Nikolakis, Libby Larsen, and R. Quentin Grafton EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Indigenous/Aboriginal water reserves are increasingly used in water allocation plans across northern Australia. Indigenous water reserves aim to address water...

What is water justice? Water justice is a fluid concept, with numerous disciplinary interpretations and frameworks. Neal et al. Propose 10 steps to water justice. Colonisation impacts on Indigenous peoples’ water rights in northern America, Australia, and other places...

Paul R. Wyrwoll, Ana Manero, Katherine S. Taylor, Evie Rose & R. Quentin Grafton Abstract Drinking water quality remains a persistent challenge across regional and remote Australia. We reviewed public reporting by 177 utilities and conducted a national assessment...

View this media release from The Australian National University New research into the impact of poor water quality in remote and regional areas of Australia highlights the gaps in drinking water guidelines. Australians in more than 400 remote or regional...

R. Quentin Grafton, Daniel Schulz, John Williams, Paul Wyrwoll

Dr Kaely Woods Visiting Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University This report, undertaken to inform the Water Justice Hub (WJH) at the Australian National University (ANU) and the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (MFRC),...

The Art, Voice & Justice Exhibition: ‘Aquawhen II?‘ was organised from 22 March to 25 March 2022. The purpose of the exhibition was to showcase the ‘voice’, art and the lived experience of the people living in far western New South Wales in 2019. The exhibition...