Welcome to ANTaR

ANTaR is a national advocacy organisation dedicated specifically to the rights - and overcoming the disadvantage - of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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Constitutional Recognition

The Australian Constitution is currently silent on the history, status and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It also contains a number of racially discriminatory provisions.

ANTaR aims to rectify this situation through our campaign for Constitutional recognition of the specific status and rights of Australia's First Peoples and the removal of all racially discriminatory elements from our Constitution at the proposed 2013 national referendum.

Recently, ANTaR has published a submission to the Expert Panel in which we set out our vision for meaningful and lasting Constitutional change, and teamed up with a number of Aboriginal and non-Indigenous organisations to write a letter to the Expert Panel to express our jointly held views about this issue.

For more info on Constitutional reform and our campaign click here and check out the YouMeUnity website, put together by the Panel charged with consulting and informing the Australian community about the referendum.

Click here to take action to support the Expert Panel's historic recommendations for constitutional reform!

Reducing Imprisonment Rates - it's time to Take Action

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people comprise 2.5 per cent of the Australian population, but make up 26 per cent of the total prison population. They are imprisoned at a rate 14 times higher than non-Indigenous people.

The 15th of April 2011 marked 20 years since the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody to the Governor General.

ANTaR used this occasion to launch a National Call to Action for federal, state and territory governments to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the criminal justice system.

As part of this strategy, ANTaR is now working to ensure Government adopts measurable justice targets to 'Close the Gap'. Justice targets are the missing piece in the Closing the Gap Strategy! Existing targets on health, employment, education and life expectancy all depend on reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment and its destructive social and economic effects.

For more details about the issue and the campaign, click on this link.

ANTaR's New Shop Now Online

Our new Shop is now open!

ANTaR’s Rights Stuff merchandise program works to generate economic, cultural and social benefit for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by offering a range of products to Australia and the world.In doing so, ANTaR actively promotes a more just and equitable Australia.
The sale of selected ANTaR products cross-subsidises community enterprises and fledgling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses.Any profit that is generated through the Right Stuff program is reinvested to advance our mission to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Help support this initiative by shopping online with ANTaR!

Papunya Tula Greetings Cards

The Aged Care Program finances artists' specialised care and accommodation for daily living and extends to include the provision of health professionals for assisted travel back to ancestral country. The program is the latest community care initiative of Papunya Tula Artists, furthering its key foundation and ongoing support to the western desert dialysis provider Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation, the Kintore Pool and many other community activities and events. The popular success of the art movement empowers Papunya Tula Artists to support the wellbeing and autonomy of thousands of Western Desert people.
View these cards in our shop here.

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