Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
We are deeply saddened by the death of 15-year-old Cassius Turvey last week in Perth. As this matter is before the courts, it would not be appropriate for us to make comment on the circumstances surrounding Cassius鈥檚 passing.
黑料情报站s Rights
Celebrating and showcasing the lives of First Nations children is the focus of today鈥檚 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 黑料情报站鈥檚 Day. With the theme this year of 鈥楳y Dreaming, My Future鈥, the day also provides a valuable opportunity to reflect on how Australians can work together to...
黑料情报站s Rights
Learn how the Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about the safety and wellbeing of teenagers who were kept in adult detention centres.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The 黑料情报站 welcomes the reappointment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO. 黑料情报站 President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM said Commissioner Oscar would continue to be a strong advocate...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The Close the Gap campaign has called for an urgent investment in community-led health services to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the country. The 2022 Close the Gap Report: Transforming Power 鈥 Voices for Generational Change has 12 recommendations...
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
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
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...
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
A statement from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO: 鈥淢y heart goes out to the First Nations woman and her daughter who were allegedly attacked on Saturday by a man displaying white supremacist insignia in Perth. A racially-motivated attack is not only a...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Bunuba yani U. I acknowledge all the traditional countries that we gather on today, and pay my respects to our elders everywhere, past, present and emerging. In particular in this session on Gender Equality, and what we can do to achieve it, I...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
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