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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012SpeechVideo - Response to government to the national apology to the Stolen Generations
Video - Let the healing begin Response to government to the national apology to the Stolen Generations By Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Wednesday, 13 February 2008 Member’s Hall, Parliament House, Canberra Back to speech Download in Word (48 KB) -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Options for Australia’s new national Indigenous representative body
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. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
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. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
7th National Indigenous Legal Conference
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. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
AAG Elder Abuse and Neglect Conference
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… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Mental illness and cognitive disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners – a human rights approach (2012)
I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people of the Cairns region on whose land we gather today. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Justice reinvestment and its importance to Aboriginal communities
I would like to begin by paying my respects to the Dharawal people, the traditional owners of the land where we gather today. I am a Gangulu man from Central Queensland. Gangulu country takes in what is known as the Dawson Valley area and extends to just east of the Carnarvon Gorge. So, as is our practice, can I pass on from the Gangulu peoples to the Dharawal peoples our greetings and… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
NSW Teachers Federation Annual Conference (2012)
I would like to begin by acknowledging that we sit on the lands of the Gadigal peoples of the Eora Nation, and I thank the Traditional Owners for allowing us to do so. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
The necessity of justice reinvestment (2012)
I am a Gangulu man from Central Queensland. Gangulu country takes in what is known as the Dawson Valley area and extends to just east of the Carnarvon Gorge. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Campaign for Justice Reinvestment for Aboriginal Young People (2012)
I am a Gangulu person from the Dawson Valley in Central Queensland and when I speak to my Elders, they ask me to pass on my salutations to the Traditional Owners of the land I visit for their continued fight for their country and their culture. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Historical Justice and Memory Conference (2012)
With respect and gratitude I acknowledge that we sit on the lands of the Wuradjuri people of the Kulin nation. Thank you for your generous welcome to country for all of us. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Launch of the 2011 Social Justice and Native Title Reports (2011)
It is with respect and gratitude that I acknowledge that we sit today on the lands of the Gadigal peoples of the Eora nation. Thank you to Michael West for your generous welcome to country on behalf of the Gadigal people. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Constitutional reform: moving towards reconciliation (2011)
It is with respect and gratitude I acknowledge that we sit on the lands of the Cammeraigal People of the Curingai Nation and I thank the Traditional Owners for allowing us to do so. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
The Power of Identity: Naming Oneself, Reclaiming Community
Thank you Peter for your kind words of introduction and thank you Krystelle (Jordan) for your welcome to country. Krystelle, can I begin by acknowledging and paying my respects to the your people, the traditional owners of this place upon which we sit and talk here tonight. I honour your Elders that have come before us, those Elders who are here tonight and I await in optimistic anticipation of… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Strengthening our relationships over lands, territories and resources
Let me begin by acknowledging and paying my respects to the Traditional Owners of the place upon which we sit and talk tonight. I honour your Elders that have come before us, those that are here tonight and I await in optimistic anticipation for those Elders who are yet to emerge. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Symposium on Indigenous Sentencing, Punishment and Healing (2011)
I am a Gangulu person from the Dawson Valley in Central Queensland and when I speak to my Elders, they ask me to pass on my salutations to the Traditional Owners of the land I visit for their continued fight for their country and their culture. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Social Justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
It is with respect and gratitude I acknowledge that we sit on the lands of the Nyoonga People and I thank the Traditional Owners for allowing us to do so. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Our relationships in native title: starting the conversation
Our relationships in native title: starting the conversation AIATSIS Native Title Conference: Keynote address Mick GoodaAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice CommissionerAustralian Human Rights Commission Brisbane Thursday 2 June 2011 Click here to download the speech -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Effective engagement: The tonic for a reconciled nation (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda charts an agenda of hope that can guide us towards a reconciled Australia. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Recognising opportunities for all of us: a rights approach (2011)
With respect and gratitude I acknowledge that we sit on the lands of the Kombumerri People of the Bundjalung Nation and I thank the Traditional Owners for allowing us to do so.