#indigenousaboriginalandtorresstraitislander — Public Fediverse posts
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NT Police Commissioner to make apology to Indigenous people at Garma
By Samantha DickThe Northern Territory's police commissioner says he will deliver an apology to First Nations people at Garma Festival, while launching a new "anti-racism strategy".
#Police #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #SamanthaDick
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Ken Wyatt's determined path from outback kid to history-making politician
By Fiona PurcellAfter a humble upbringing marred by racial prejudice and social disadvantage, Ken Wyatt broke new ground for First Nations Australians wanting to have a say in federal decision-making. This is his story.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #Aboriginal #StolenGenerations #FederalGovernment #Reconciliation #FionaPurcell
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Meet Australia's next social justice commissioner Katie Kiss
By Stephanie Boltje and Tahnee JashThe Human Rights Commission has announced a new social justice commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Here's what the role will involve.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-05/social-justice-commissioner-announcement-katie-kiss/103545612
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #Aboriginal #HumanRights #StephanieBoltje #TahneeJash
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SA Voice no 'silver bullet' to addressing First Nations disadvantage, commissioner says
By Stephanie RichardsFour months after Australians voted against enshrining a Voice to Parliament in the constitution, South Australian First Nations people are gearing up for the country's first state-based Voice elections.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #StateandTerritoryElections #Referendums #StephanieRichards
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Racism within the police force is not isolated to the NT, says social justice commissioner
By Brooke FryerGrowing up, June Oscar heard racial slurs in the playground. Decades later, she says it's disturbing that such language continues to be used.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #RaceRelations #Police #Aboriginal #IndigenousPolicy #BrookeFryer
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More than 100 candidates to contest SA First Nations Voice to Parliament election
With voting to begin next week, the SA government says there has been a "strong response" to South Australia's inaugural First Nations Voice to Parliament so far.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #StateandTerritoryElections #Elections #Voting #FederalStateIssues #StateandTerritoryGovernment
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WA man on trial for alleged damage to Aboriginal dreaming site in landmark test of state's new heritage laws
By Rebecca TriggerThe trial will hear arguments as to whether every change to the physical landscape constitutes damage to an Aboriginal spiritual site.
#CourtsandTrials #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #RebeccaTrigger
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'They failed my child': Mother of Aboriginal woman asks for answers after suicide at Melbourne hospital
By Bridget RollasonInvestigations have been launched into the suicide death of a 24-year-old woman who was left unsupervised in St Vincent's mental health unit.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Suicide #MentalHealth #BridgetRollason
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Women work out like their lives depend on it in bid to make kidney transplant list
By Charmayne AllisonAlice Springs has some of the highest rates of chronic kidney disease in the country but patients face huge challenges to qualify for organ donations.
#HealthcareClinic #Health #IndigenousPolicy #LiverandKidneys #MedicalProcedures #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #CharmayneAllison