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Brotherboys, sistergirls and LGBT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Tuesday 3 July, 2018

Brotherboys, sistergirls and other LGBT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience a number of significant and intersecting points of discrimination and marginalisation in Australia.

The Commission’s Resilient Individuals: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity & Intersex Rights report considered the intersecting issues of racism, homophobia and transphobia faced by these communities. No information was received about intersex issues.

Participants involved in consultations for the report raised some of the following issues:

The Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women's Voices) project so far...

The following opinion piece by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar appeared on ABC Online on May 24, 2018

Next month, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians will celebrate NAIDOC week — with the theme Because of Her We Can.

2018 Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture, University of Western Australia

Acknowledgments

Good evening everyone. I would like to acknowledge the Noongar people the custodians of this land, and all their elders, past, present and emerging.

Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Wurundjeri yani U. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani.  Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda.

Pathways to Justice - ALRC report welcomed by Commissioner June Oscar AO

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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO has urged Federal, State and Territory governments to genuinely consider the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report into the over-representation of Indigenous people in custody.

The report, tabled in Federal Parliament today, contains 35 recommendations to address community safety and imprisonment rates amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

United Nations CSW62 Side Event : Wiyi Yani U Thangani Project

Thank you…

[Play video of Magnolia and then begin slide show of women’s photos] 

 

I want to acknowledge all of the indigenous people here today, from across the many nations of the United States and from the many countries and lands across this earth.

Commissioner June Oscar AO marks IWD with First Nations Women & Girls

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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar is marking International Women’s Day with Indigenous women and girls in South Australia, for the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) project.

Commissioner Oscar said the Wiyi Yani U Thangani project represents the first consultations in 30 years with First Nations women and girls about their strengths and aspirations and about the challenges and issues they face.

This week, Commissioner Oscar has met with women and girls in the remote community of Yalata, Ceduna and in Adelaide.

Close the Gap Campaign welcomes extension of the Tackling Indigenous Smoking programs

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The Close the Gap Campaign welcomes the new investment in the successful ‘National Tackling Indigenous Smoking’ (TIS) programs.

The Federal Minister for Indigenous Health Ken Wyatt announced the Federal Government will provide a further $183.7 million to TIS over four years across its current 37 regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander TIS health providers.



The Campaign’s recently launched 10 year review of COAG’s Closing the Gap Strategy, highlighted the urgency for policy and funding stability to maintain and expand programs addressing chronic disease.

Statement from Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO about alleged NT sexual assault

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I am deeply saddened about what has occurred in the Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek and my thoughts are with the 2 year old girl and her loved ones.

It’s important the investigations launched by the Northern Territory government and the Northern Territory Children’s Commissioner, find out how this terrible tragedy has occurred.

As a community we all carry a responsibility to ensure our children are safe and we must ensure that policies, programs and services adequately support the safety of women and children in regional areas, such as Tennant Creek.

Close the Gap Campaign 2018 Parliamentary Breakfast

Acknowledgements

Rod. Thank you

I begin by paying my respects to the traditional custodians of this land, the Ngunnawal/Nagambri people, their elders past and present. I thank Paul House for your welcome and we thank you again for having us on your country today.

I pay my respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander brothers and sisters in the room today, drawn from the many First Nations of this country. I acknowledge our non-Indigenous brothers and sisters that walk with us and continue to support our fight for a just and fairer Australia.

National talks for the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) project begin in Victoria

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The first in a series of community visits for the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) project will begin in Victoria next week.

The Wiyi Yani U Thangani project is being led by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO to hear from Indigenous women and girls around the country.

“We’re looking forward to starting our national talks in the regional city of Mildura in north-west Victoria on Monday. We’ll be heading to Melbourne on Wednesday and will continue throughout the year, visiting more than 30 locations.