Aboriginal Barrister Appointed to Deliver Report on Treaty to Australia’s Northern Territory

File photo: A woman is silhouetted behind the Aboriginal flag in Sydney, Australia on May 26, 2006. Ian Waldie/Getty Images

The Northern Territory (NT) government on Wednesday appointed Australia’s most senior Indigenous barrister Tony McAvoy SC (Senior Counsel) to the role of Acting Treaty Commissioner.

McAvoy’s posting comes after the territory’s first treaty commissioner, Prof. Mick Dodson, resigned from the position in June.