Mabo Day
The Wire
On June 3 1992, the High Court of Australia decided that terra nullius should not have been applied to Australia. This is known as the Mabo decision . It recognised that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have rights to the land and that those rights existed before the British arrived and should exist today. Indigenous people around the country are celebrating that historic win, but also discuss how many battles are yet to be won. This also includes the dangers of climate change to indigenous people.