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AAG Elder Abuse and Neglect Conference

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It is with respect and gratitude that I acknowledge that we sit today on the lands of the Larrakia peoples (Darwin) / Arrente peoples (Alice Springs). Thank you to (Ms) Bilawara Lee – Elder on campus at CDU (Darwin); Dr Patricia Miller AO (Alice Springs) for your generous welcome to country on behalf of the Larrakia peoples (Darwin) / Arrente peoples (Alice Springs). My people are the Gangulu from the Dawson Valley in Central Queensland. On behalf of my Elders I also pay tribute to your Elders, both past and present, for their continued struggle for their country and their culture.

7th National Indigenous Legal Conference

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I would like to begin by acknowledging the Whadjuk Noongar people and I want to thank them, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, for allowing us to gather on their country.

Essentials for Social Justice: Reform

Between December 2007 and April 2008 the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma, will deliver a series of key speeches setting out an agenda for change in Indigenous affairs.

Options for Australia’s new national Indigenous representative body

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I begin by paying my respects to the Noongar peoples, the traditional owners of the land where we gather today. I pay my respects to your elders, to the ancestors and to those who have come before us.

Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Report 2005

Friday 14 December, 2012

I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the country on which we speak other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the room, representatives of the Productivity Commission, Reconciliation Australia and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission invited guests and other speakers.

Overcoming Disadvantage Workshop - Prof. Mick Dodson

Friday 14 December, 2012

Reconciliation Australia , and the many other organisations I'm involved in, are keen to work with HREOC and the Productivity Commission to make the Overcoming Disadvantage Report and associated processes as effective as possible.

Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage - Key Indicators Report 2005: A human rights perspective - Tom Calma

Friday 14 December, 2012

I acknowledge the Honourable members of Parliament who are present, distinguished guests, and fellow speakers. I am particularly pleased to see some high level bureaucrats present today, and representatives from the OIPC, ICC's, DEST, DEWR, IBA and ABS through to representatives of state governments, and NGOs, academic and research centres, and members of the Indigenous community. I'd like to welcome you all here today. And I look forward to hearing your views later in the workshop.

Issue 3: Law and public order, including juvenile justice - Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for their Day of General Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Children

Friday 14 December, 2012

This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) of Australia. In recent years the Commissioner has undertaken many activities relating to the rights of Indigenous children. This submission provides an overview of law and justice issues relating to Indigenous children, with a focus on juvenile justice, diversionary programs, public order laws, mandatory sentencing schemes as well as Indigenous community justice mechanisms and partnership agreements in Australia.

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for their Day of General Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Children

Friday 14 December, 2012

This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) of Australia. In recent years the Commissioner has undertaken many activities relating to the rights of Indigenous children. This submission provides an overview of the inequality and discrimination faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia, and key concerns in relation to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in addressing this.

Indigenous International Rights: The United Nations system and human rights protection

Friday 14 December, 2012

Learn how the UN system for the promotion and protection of human rights consists of two types of bodies, treaty-based bodies and charter-based bodies.