Q&A: Aboriginal rights then and now

Michael Anderson is the leader of the Euahlayi people of northern New South Wales and the last surviving of the four founders of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra.

Since that historic moment in 1972, he's been a high-profile fighter for Aboriginal rights, but in a new interview with SBS for NAIDOC Week, he says while much has changed, Indigenous Australians are still being deceived over their land.

This Q&A between Michael and SBS Online Producer Chiara Pazzano looks at the protesters' priorities then and now, and what's changed over the past 40 years (listen to the edited interview or read an extended version of the Q&A below)...