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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Inaugural National Indigenous Women鈥檚 Leadership Symposium
[Introduction in Bunuba] Jalangurru lanygu wiyi yani. I want to pay my respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land we meet on today, and to their elders both past and present. I also want to thank and congratulate the organisers of this event 鈥 everyone at...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Cashless Debit Card Bill 鈥榥ot compatible鈥 with human rights
The 黑料情报站 has warned that the proposed Cashless Debit Card Bill is not compatible with Australia鈥檚 international human rights obligations. In a submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Intervention on Climate Change Impacts in the Torres Strait
I am Australia鈥檚 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. I make this statement on behalf of the 黑料情报站, Australia鈥檚 鈥楢 status鈥 NHRI.鈥 I want to acknowledge the OHCHR for its report and for highlighting some of the adverse effects of climate...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Intervention on Deprivation of Liberty
I am Australia鈥檚 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. I am making this statement on behalf of the 黑料情报站, Australia鈥檚 鈥楢 status鈥 NHRI.鈥 I begin by thanking the Australian Government for supporting my Wiyi Yani U Thangani project which is...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Hear Us, See Us exhibition launched at UN Human Rights Council
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference Opening
Jalangurru maningarri, ngarragi yani. Wadi jalangurru yathanggirragi. I would like to acknowledge the Larrakia Nation, the Traditional Custodians of this Land. I would also like to pay my deep respects to the Elders - past, present and the generations yet to come - and to extend this respect to...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Indigenous Australians can be bystanders no longer
Two years ago, we gathered in the red dust for a ceremony at Uluru and offered a gift to all Australians. There was a great sense of hope about what this gift could deliver. A new beginning, an opportunity to re-define who we are as a country. A country that celebrates its First Peoples and resets...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Our Choices, Our Voices: Celebrating Success on National Close the Gap Day
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO and the Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia鈥檚 First Peoples Rod Little, will today release the 2019 Close the Gap report 鈥 鈥淥ur Choices, Our Voices鈥. The report, prepared by the Lowitja Institute, is being...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Our Choices, Our Voices - Celebrating Success on National Close the Gap Day
This Opinion Piece by June Oscar AO and Rod Little was published by Guardian Australia on Thursday March 21, to mark National Close the Gap Day When the Prime Minister Scott Morrison tabled the 2019 Closing the Gap report last month, we were again reminded about the lack of progress made to address...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women鈥檚 Voices) funding announcement welcomed
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO has welcomed the announcement of new funding for the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women鈥檚 Voices) project. The Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion today announced $1.7 million to support the second stage...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Our Health, Our Voice, Our Choice
The Close the Gap Campaign has welcomed the Prime Minister鈥檚 commitment to work in genuine partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to address the inequality that continues to exist in life expectancy and other outcomes. The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has tabled the...
Race Discrimination
Reconciliation Australia Barometer shows steady progress, but still work to do
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO and the Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan have welcomed today鈥檚 release of the Reconciliation Barometer. The survey conducted every two years since 2008, measures the progress of reconciliation between...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Kimberley Suicide report must be turning point for action
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO says the report into the deaths of 13 Aboriginal children and young people must be the turning point for action. The West Australian Coroner Ros Fogliani has today handed down her report into the suicides in the...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
New approach to Closing the Gap Strategy welcomed
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