Australia Appoints First Nations Ambassador in Bid to ‘Progress Indigenous Rights Globally’

Chair of the National Aboriginal controlled Health Organisation Justin Mohamed addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. AAP Image/Alan Porritt

The Australian federal government has announced the country’s First Nations ambassador in an attempt to elevate Indigenous rights to the world stage.

The move comes as the Labor government continues to push for greater Indigenous representation in politics, despite it already having an Indigenous Australians Minister and 17 major Indigenous organisations and programs at the Commonwealth level.