"Dr Thomas Edwin "Tom" Calma", an Indigenous Australian/Australian Aboriginal elder (administrative title)/elder of the Kungarakan people, a human rights and social justice campaigner, is the sixth Chancellor (education)#Australia/Chancellor of the University of Canberra since 2014.

Prior to his appointment as chancellor, Calma served at the Australian Human Rights Commission as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner from 2004 to 2010 and as Race Discrimination Commissioner from 2004 until 2009. Named as the 2013 Australian Capital Territory/ACT Australian of the Year for his service and commitment to the Indigenous community as an advocate for human rights and social justice, Calma's traditional lands are south west of and on the Coburg Peninsula in the Northern Territory. For over forty years Calma has championed for the rights, responsibilities and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. He has been involved in Indigenous affairs at a local, community, state, national and international level and worked in the public sector focusing on rural and remote Australia, health, education, justice reinvestment, reconciliation and economic development. Calma was one of the key advocates for the Close the Gap campaign.

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The Australian government's proposal to encourage individual leases on indigenous land will not necessarily lead to improved economic outcomes.

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It is important to remember that much of the land under indigenous title is marginal, arid and inaccessible.

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