Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) is an independent, national non-government, not-for-profit, community-based organisation founded in 1997 which advocates for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia and aims to help overcome disadvantage.
Following the election of the Howard government, in early 1997 the National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title (NIWG), which consisted of representatives of Aboriginal land councils and equivalent organisations across Australia, called on NGOs around the nation to gauge the level of non-Indigenous support for Australian native title rights.
In 2017 he said that ANTaR's main priorities were: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality, particularly through the Close the Gap campaign; the high levels of incarceration; addressing family violence ("Change the Record" campaign); racism; federal funding for services and programs; proper engagement by government with First Peoples (through the Redfern Statement group); and educating the broader community about reconciliation, through ANTaR's "Sea of Hands" program.
[8] June Oscar AO, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Rod Little, Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, addressed attendees.
[10] ANTaR is a national network of private individuals, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, and other organisations, and engages in public campaigns, lobbying and various other forms of advocacy.