Jackie Hartley is a Policy and Research Officer with the Australian Human Rights Commission (the views expressed in the jointly authored Introduction and Conclusion are her personal views and not those of the Australian Human Rights Commission). Jackie previously worked as Policy Analyst with the First Nations Summit in British Columbia, Canada. She holds a Master of Laws from the Indigenous Peoples’ Law and Policy Program, University of Arizona, as well as a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales, where she was awarded the University Medal in History. She has taught Australian history and public law at the University of New South Wales, and is a member of the editorial panel of the Australian Indigenous Law Review.