Where are we and what is Reconciliation today?

Professor Peter Yu, Vice-President (First Nations) ANU

Thursday 28 May 2026, 11 am – 12 pm (AEST)

Members' Hall, level 1, Parliament House and broadcast online

Introduced by Ms Anne Stanley MP, Member for Werriwa

In this talk, Australian National University Vice-President (First Nations) Professor Peter Yu will explore what Reconciliation looks like in the post-Referendum landscape. Professor Yu points out potential pathways to prosperity and self-determination for First Nations Australians.

Presenter

Peter Yu is a Yawuru man from Broome in the Kimberley with over 40 years’ experience in Indigenous development and advocacy at the state, national and international level and is the inaugural Vice-President (First Nations) at The Australian National University. 

He was Executive Director of the Kimberley Land Council during the 1990s and a member of the national leadership team negotiating the Federal Government’s response to the 1992 Mabo High Court judgement on Native Title. He was a key negotiator to the Yawuru Native Title Agreement and the inaugural CEO of the Yawuru Corporate Group and has been instrumental in the development of many community-based organisations and initiatives that have had an enduring influence on the Kimberley region. 

He has held a number of senior Indigenous representative positions over the course of his career. 

He is the current Chair of the First Nations Economic Empowerment Alliance (FNEEA) negotiating the first comprehensive Economic Policy Framework with the Commonwealth Government. 

This event will also be streamed online on the Australian Parliamentary Library streaming portal.