A life free from violence and fear: a child’s right
2016 International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect
Held by the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in Calgary, Canada
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice / Indigenous Social Justice
As Acting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Deputy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, we are pleased to present the Social Justice and Native Title Report 2016.
Robynne Quiggin - Deputy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Ms Robynne Quiggin
Former Deputy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner 2016 - 2017
Robynne Quiggin was the Deputy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner from 1 August 2016 to 9 February 2017.
Indigenous injustice: so much evidence was ignored
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I was shocked but not surprised by the ABC’s Four Corners revelations last Monday night. Incontrovertible CCTV evidence of Aboriginal children subject to demeaning, debilitating and dehumanizing behaviour has galvanised the Australian community and prompted the creation of a Royal Commission with an unprecedented breadth of investigation.
Indigenous Property Rights: Land, Business and Governance
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Thank you Galarrwuy for your warm welcome to Gulkula on your country. It is really wonderful to be here on the occasion the 40th anniversary of the Northern Territory Land Rights Act and another successful Garma Festival.
I am a Gangulu man from the Dawson Valley in Central Queensland, I acknowledge you, and the Yolngu Elders here today and those who have come before you. I would like to also acknowledge your young people, the Elders of the future who are yet to emerge.
Ending family violence and abuse
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Family violence and abuse is causing untold damage to the cultures and fabric of Indigenous societies. It is damaging our communities, our families, our women, our children and our men.
Bringing them home (1997)
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This documentary DVD was produced in 1997 and forms part of the Bringing them home education resource for use in Australian classrooms.
For more on the report see: https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/bringing-them-home-stolen-c…
Children's rights must come first, says Mick Gooda
The recent death of a 10-year-old in the Kimberley is a tragedy and I pass on my condolences to her family at this particularly distressing time.
This tragedy has heightened my conviction that the lives of all of our children in Australia are precious and should be protected at all costs.
Nearly 20 years after the Bringing Them Home Report documented the experiences of the Stolen Generations, the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continues to be a source of great pain for our people.
Toomelah Report (1988)
The Toomelah community of five hundred Aboriginal people endures appalling living conditions which amount to a denial to them of the most basic rights taken for granted by most other groups in society, and by other Australian communities of similar size. Their houses are substandard and overcrowded, actually contributing to a range of diseases. The community has for decades lived without an adequate and certain water supply, a properly functioning sewerage system and a safe means of sewage disposal.
Toomelah Review (1989)
On 15 June 1988 the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission released the Toomelah Report, containing the results of its inquiry into the social and material needs of Aborigines in the New South Wales/Queensland border towns of Toomelah and Boggabilla. The Commission undertook at the time to review progress on the implementation of the Recommendations six months after its release.