Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO has joined calls for no more guns to be carried by police officers in communities, and has extended her heart and thoughts to the family of Kumanjayi Walker, the Yuendumu community and Warlpiri people at this very...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
OPINION There are moments in history where the forces of what has come before and the energy of the present reconfigure the social and political landscape. In Australia and around the globe, reckoning with misogyny and the interrelated issues of systemic racism and patriarchal destruction has been...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
[Introduction in Bunuba] It is a pleasure be speaking to you all today. My name is June Oscar, and I am Australia鈥檚 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. I acknowledge the traditional custodians of all the lands across Australia and pay my respects to all elders, past...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Given the challenges we face collectively, it is all too seldom that the world's First Nations peoples are able to come together to develop shared solutions. When we do, we achieve great things.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Panel: Think: Associate Professor Chelsea Watego Trust: Aunty Jackie Huggins, Co-chair Treaty Advancement Committee Act: June Oscar, Social Justice Commissioner, 黑料情报站 I want to acknowledge the lands we all stand on鈥攁ll our elders past, present and emerging, wherever we...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Covid-19 has triggered the most significant return to country by First Nations people since the homeland movement commenced in the 1960s. Thousands, like myself, returned to remote communities out of necessity. Facing the unknown, our family leaders who could made the courageous decision to gather...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Welcome everyone. Before we begin, I would like to acknowledge the country upon which each of us stands today. I myself stand upon my Bunuba land here in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. I acknowledge and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging across all the lands and waters...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
This was the keynote address at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies conference, 2021. Good morning everyone. I acknowledge the Kaurna peoples whose lands we gather on for this conference鈥擨 pay my respects to your elders, past, present and emerging. I also...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Introduction and acknowledgements Opening in Bunuba. Good morning everyone. I acknowledge the Kaurna peoples whose lands we gather on for this conference鈥擨 pay my respects to your elders, past, present and emerging. I also acknowledge all our peoples who have come from countries鈥擣irst Nations鈥攆rom...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO made this speech at the WA Reconciliation Breakfast on May 29, 2021 Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Bunuba yani U. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Bunuba yani U. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi 鈥 gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngirranggu thangani. Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda. I acknowledge the Yawuru...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
黑料情报站's Rights
National 黑料情报站鈥檚 Commissioner, Anne Hollonds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO have urged all Australian governments to raise the age of criminal responsibility as a matter of priority. A report commissioned by a meeting of Attorneys-General in...
Race Discrimination
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO said Australia must stop the 鈥渕ass incarceration鈥 of its Indigenous people or else deaths in custody will continue to occur. Commissioner Oscar said her thoughts are with all the families who have lost loved ones over...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Australia鈥檚 National 黑料情报站鈥檚 Commissioner Anne Hollonds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO have urged the Northern Territory government to reconsider its proposals for youth offending, announced yesterday. The NT Government yesterday said it would...
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