Join us for a panel discussion on the McArthur River compensation claim and its implications for anthropology, law and Indigenous politics.
Presented by the Centre for Native Title Anthropology in partnership with the Mabo Centre, this event will consider what the McArthur River compensation judgment means for the assessment of cultural loss, the future of native title compensation, and the relationship between anthropological evidence, legal reasoning, and Indigenous leadership and governance.
Introduced by Mabo Centre Director Professor Rodney Carter, the panel will include reflections on the judgment from Sturt Glacken SC and Emeritus Professor David Trigger, as well as a contribution from Acting Senior Judicial Registrar for Native Title Laurelea McGregor on the procedural and institutional context in which native title compensation matters are managed. Professor Matthew Storey from the Mabo Centre will also speak on the rapidly developing area of native title compensation.
The discussion will be followed by audience Q&A.
This timely discussion will be of interest to anthropologists, lawyers, Traditional Owners, Indigenous organisations, public servants working in native title or Indigenous affairs, and students or recent graduates in anthropology and law.
For those unable to attend in person, a live-stream of the event will be available.
April 30, 2026