Australia’s First Nations children deserve a brighter future where governments safeguard their wellbeing, rights and dignity, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said today on International Human Rights Day.
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More than 1500 people tuned into the 2024 lecture to learn about ‘Dismantling systemic racism – perspectives from First Nations peoples’.
Systemic racism, in law, policies and service delivery, has serious and ongoing consequences for First Nations peoples, including poor mental and physical health, economic disadvantage, over-incarceration and social exclusion.
CEO of First Nations Collective Marni Tuala delivered the lecture, sharing the findings of extensive consultations with First Nations peoples across Australia about their experiences of racism.
Governments must recognise systemic racism and its devastating impacts on Australia’s First Nations peoples and take urgent action to address it, a new report has found.
Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman said, “Systemic racism, in law, policies and service delivery, has serious and ongoing consequences, including poor mental and physical health, economic disadvantage, over-incarceration and social exclusion.”
Katie Kiss commenced in the role as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on 3 April 2024. To ensure the voices of First Nations people across Australia help form the agenda for the term, the Commissioner is conducting a national listening tour to hear from First Nations people about how we move forward after the Voice Referendum, how to progress and utilise mechanisms to realise our rights, what issues are most urgently in need of attention and what expectations First Nations people have of the Social Justice Commissioner role.
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This report serves as a foundational document for the development of a National Anti-Racism Framework.
Drawing from extensive consultations with over 496 contributors from city, remote and rural backgrounds. These voices not only highlight the urgent need for action, but also serve as a clarion call for systemic solutions to eradicate racism.
The First Nations consultations unveiled a complex and pervasive landscape of challenges faced by First Nations communities.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss has welcomed the appointment of the NSW Treaty Commissioners announced today.
“These appointments are a milestone in the beginning of the truth and treaty process in NSW,” Commissioner Kiss said.
“I congratulate the NSW Government in taking this crucial step and working with the community towards self-determination and healing.”
A new report on Australia’s native title system centres the voices of First Nations women to call for significant reform.
For the first time since the introduction of the Native Title Act 30 years ago, the experiences of First Nations women have been elevated to show how the system is failing to deliver land justice effectively.
“The native title system we have today is not what we had all hoped it would be,” Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said.
This is a Community Guide to the Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024.
It provides a quick and easy way to understand the full report and its purpose.
The report is an account of the experiences, perspectives, aspirations and solutions of First Nations women within the native title system.
It takes a person-centred approach, highlighting how native title and related systems impact individuals and communities on a day-to-day basis.
This report is an account of the experiences, perspectives, aspirations and solutions of First Nations women within the native title system.
It takes a person-centred approach, highlighting how native title and related systems impact individuals and communities on a day-to-day basis.
It calls for significant reform of the native title system to deliver land justice and fulfil human rights such as self-determination, participation, culture, and non-discrimination.
The Australian Human Rights Commission invites submissions from First Nations Peoples to inform the Social Justice Commissioner's agenda on key issues affecting their lives.
