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I begin by paying my respects to the Larrakia 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.

<h2>ANZOA meeting </h2><h3>Meeting of the Minds </h3><p><strong>Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM </strong></p><p><strong>President, Australian Human Rights Commission </strong></p><h3>Acknowledgement </h3><p>I would like to begin my presentation by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land where I am delivering my presentation today, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and pay my respects to the elders, past, present and emerging.  </p>

Thank you Sharron for your introduction, and thank you Uncle Lewis O’Brien for your warm welcome to country.  And congratulations to the Taikurtinna Dancers for a great performance and oration.

Thank you to the Australian Catholic University for inviting me to speak today. As you no doubt know, I am a social worker by training , graduating in 1978, so it is wonderful to have an opportunity to address you. It is great to see so many upcoming social workers here today, as well as a number of you who have a wealth of experience and do so much good in our communities. It’s a tough job at the coal face. One that you often do in difficult circumstances, with little support, not to mention little money!

I would like to acknowledge the Kaurna people, the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, and to honour their children. I thank them for the welcome they have extended to delegates of this conference.

<p><strong>Australian Human Rights Commission conference</strong></p> <p><strong>Free and Equal: An Australian Conversation on Human Rights</strong></p> <p><strong>Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights</strong></p> <p>8 October 2019</p> <p> </p> <p>President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Rosalind Croucher and fellow Commissioners</p> <p>Mr Les Malezer, Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,</p> <p>Members of Parliament and Government representatives</p> <p>Colleagues and friends,</p>

I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Ngunnawal peoples, and pay my respect to their elders past and present.

<h3>Acknowledgements and Intro</h3> <p><strong>[Introduction in Bunuba]</strong></p> <p><strong>Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Yagara a yani u.   Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami yarrangi thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani.  Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda. J Ngindaji ngay walyayi thangani u nyana thangani u + mindija</strong></p>

I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of this land, the Pambalong clan of the Awabakal people, and pay my respect to their elders, past and present. Today I would like to explore the question: ‘What does it mean to believe in human rights in Australia today?’ This is an ambitious project, and I am aware that the question does not have a short and simple answer.

I would like to begin by acknowledging the Elders and Traditional Owners of Darwin, the Larrakia People, and to thank them for the opportunity to visit this beautiful part of the country. After that very heartfelt welcome to country, I feel very privileged to be here this morning.