Please join us for a #CroakeyLIVE webinar next Monday, 16 September, to reflect upon the impact of the 2023 Voice referendum as the one-year anniversary approaches, and identify ways the health sector can support self determination and justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.
The discussion is timely, in view of the upcoming Queensland and federal elections, and as submissions are sought for a Parliamentary inquiry into establishing a national Truth and Justice Commission. Queensland’s historic Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry is also set to begin next week.
The #CroakeyLIVE webinar will be hosted by Croakey Health Media Co-Chairs:
Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) at the University of Queensland, who has over 30 years of experience working in and with the tertiary sector, State and Federal Governments, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-based organisations.
James Blackwell, a proud Wiradyuri man from Boorowa in NSW. He is a Research Fellow in Indigenous Diplomacy at the Australian National University’s Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, as well a PhD Candidate within the School’s IR Department.
Panel members will include:
Dr Clinton Schultz, a Gamilaroi man, psychologist and Director of First Nations Strategy and Partnerships, and Head of First Nations Research at the Black Dog Institute, who was involved with developing The Respectful Referendum pledge.
Bridget Cama, a Wiradjuri and Indigenous Fijian woman born and raised in Lithgow with connections to the Cudgegong River and Wellington in NSW. Bridget is a lawyer and has been working with the Uluru Dialogue since March 2019. She is currently Legal Research Officer to Professor Megan Davis, Pro Vice Chancellor Society UNSW and is an Associate of the Indigenous Law Centre based at UNSW Law and Justice. Bridget is also the Co-Chair of the Uluru Youth Dialogue alongside Allira Davis, who led the youth movement in support of a constitutional Voice to Parliament and who advocate for and are involved in the work of the implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart reforms more broadly.
Lucy Davis, a Cobble Cobble woman living on Yugambeh country. She is the current National RAP Manager for The Salvation Army and is a member of MOB23. Mob23 is a collective of First Nations people and organisations and in partnership with Uluru Dialogues led a community-based campaign educating Australians on the Uluru Statement from the Heart in the lead up to the Referendum on the Voice to Parliament. Lucy is also a mum, teacher a dancer and songwoman in her family and community.
Dr Mark Wenitong, a Kabi Kabi man with longstanding and wide-ranging experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, is the global lead for the men’s health movement, Movember, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing.
During the referendum campaign, Croakey compiled many statements by health and medical organisations supporting a Yes vote, as well as several collective statements and lists:
- 229 health organisations and related entities
- Joint statement by more than 1,500 doctors
- Joint statement by 53 health and medical organisations in Victoria.
Register here to join the #CroakeyLIVE webinar on 16 September, from 5-6pm AEST.
