For almost two decades Gina Williams has been dedicated to the telling of stories; both her own story and the story of her people. Gina is a Balladong Noongar woman who uses the traditions of her elders to take audiences on an amazing journey of a proud Aboriginal woman who has struggled through the dysfunction [...]
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Today I’m asking you to do two things. Firstly, please take one minute to watch the video in this post. Secondly, instead of simply agreeing that the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous people is shocking and unacceptable, go to GenerationOne. So often we hear about injustice and wish there was something we could do. GenerationOne [...]
The gap between the health of Indigenous Australians and the rest of our population is a scandal. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have a life expectancy 17 years less than other Australians. Last week an innovative tool was launched in Canberra which aims to help ‘Close the Gap’ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous life expectancy rates [...]
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Today is an incredibly important day in the history of Australia. This is the apology that will be made to Australia’s Indigenous community in Federal Parliament, Canberra, today. Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their past mistreatment. We reflect in particular on [...]
