Deadly Yarning from South Australian Aboriginal Communities

27/08/2024

Traditional knowledge and western science are being combined to restore seagrasses in Western Australia, which have been impacted by marine heatwaves.At Gathaagudu (Shark Bay), Malgana Aboriginal Corp...

27/08/2024

We're excited to share that we've embarked on a partnership with HITsa Training and Employment - RTO 40200 to deliver training services to our community members towards developing Aboriginal early childhood education professionals.

This partnership is part of our "Tauondi Strong Plan" to develop our training courses and to ensure we assist in delivering community building programs in support of strengthening our community.

Tauondi will continue to diversify our course offerings to the community to ensure our community members have every opportunity to succeed in any profession.

To find out more about the Aboriginal Early Childhood Education and Training program visit our previous social media post > https://rb.gy/ttvw2o

25/08/2024

It’s on again
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Get Tickets on Humanitix - The Circle First Nations Business Showcase (SA) 2024 hosted by The Circle First Nations Entrepreneur Hub. The Arena, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, 98 Port Rd, Hindmarsh SA 5007, Australia. Thursday 24th October 2024. Find event information.

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19/08/2024

EOI are now open for the 2025 SAASTA Specialist Academies - STEM, Netball, Soccer and Basketball. Trial dates will be posted soon.

If you require any further information, please contact SAASTA Specialist Academies Coordinator - Janelle Saunders on 0407 750 190 or via email [email protected]

19/08/2024

The inaugural Board of Peramangk Aboriginal Corporation pictured on their Country at UKARIA Cultural Centre, Mount Barker.

The Corporation was recently established to represent the Peramangk community and to engage with key stakeholders across their land and waters.

Our legal team has also worked with the Traditional Owners this year to prepare a native title determination application, which we hope to file by the end of the year.

18/08/2024

Congratulations uncle FLASH !
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18/08/2024

18/08/2024

Katie Kiss Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner ( And Close the Gap Co-Chair ) and S*x Discrimination Commissioner say the findings of a Senate inquiry into murdered and missing First Nations women provide more evidence of how to address violence against women and girls in First Nations communities.

Over two years in the making, the report from the Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee was tabled in the Senate yesterday with key recommendations to improve how Australia deals with domestic and family violence experienced in First Nations communities.

Ground-breaking work undertaken by the Australian Human Rights Commission to advance the health, safety and rights of First Nations women and girls through its Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) Project was referenced extensively throughout the report.

The report’s 10 recommendations propose:

New and sustainable funding for evidence-based community support and violence prevention programs led by First Nations women and tailored to community needs

increasing the geographic spread and capacity of Family Violence
Prevention Legal Services

national best practice domestic violence and cultural safety training for police and other relevant service providers

increasing police recruitment of First Nations people, including for senior management positions

better guidelines for reviewing past cases involving disappeared and murdered First Nations women and children

a dedicated First Nations advocate in the national Domestic, Family and S*xual Violence Commission

significant improvements to data collection and research about violence against First Nations women and girls

independent annual audits of relevant national strategic plans to measure and evaluate progress on advancing the health, safety and rights of First Nations people

improved standards for media reporting on murdered and disappeared First Nations women and children.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said: “Any response to this issue must begin by acknowledging the heartbreaking loss to our communities of all First Nations women and girls who have been murdered or have disappeared, as well as the hurt and pain felt by their families.

“This report will play a vital role in seeking justice for these women and their families as well as improving how we protect the safety and rights of our First Nations women and girls.

“Violence against First Nations women and children is a major problem, and we need to be clear-eyed not only about the nature and extent of this violence, but also about the root causes of this violence, and that’s prejudice, gender inequality and discrimination against women, lack of opportunity, personal trauma, intergenerational trauma and systemic racism.

“Systemic failures not only drive the violence but also affect the provision and quality of care and support for women experiencing violence, and this includes failures by police, healthcare workers and other service providers.

“So, it’s a very complex issue which requires a multi-faceted response, and this has been recognised by the comprehensive nature of the report’s recommendations. But that response must be led by First Nations communities. We know what will work to protect our women and help our communities thrive, and governments and service providers need to give our communities the respect and resources we need to make this happen.”

S*x Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody said: “The report makes clear how important systemic changes are for ensuring First Nations women and girls can be safe.

“The report’s recommendations emphasise that any measures need to be developed and overseen by First Nations women and be tailored to specific community needs. Empowering communities through self-determination is crucial to effective and lasting change.

“The recommendations to improve how First Nations women access support and justice are also vital. We know that police and other service providers often respond with apathy, inaction, victim-blaming and perpetrator misidentification when First Nations women seek help with domestic and family violence. This creates mistrust and it prevents many First Nations women seeking help, leaving them with no support.

“I look forward to seeing police and service providers embedding these recommendations into their practice and working with First Nations communities to build the trust and respect that will save lives.

18/08/2024

There are over 1,000 empty public homes across our state, and thousands of private homes left empty.

There are over 17,000 people on the waiting lists for these homes, families, children, elderly, people at risk, people with high needs.

Our government's plan to ‘rebuild’ public housing is demolishing and decreasing the perfectly inhabitable homes we already have. They're selling the land to private investors and rebuilding homes way slower than they are demolishing the existing ones.

This is abandoning the people like us who are depending on public housing.

We need to re inhabit these homes, they need to be polished, not demolished.

HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT

What can we do about it? Write to your local MP, write to the housing minister, stand for your rights and for the rights of those at risk. We need these homes, we need high taxes to be charged to private properties left to rot. We need change, WE NEED HOUSING.

become a member of the Anti-Poverty Network today lets make a difference together.

Photography Credit: Abbey Murdoch

18/08/2024

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18/08/2024

Just one-third of voters want a treaty with Indigenous Australians, a truth-telling commission or a legislated Indigenous voice, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll.

The results of the poll of 1,132 voters appear to endorse Anthony Albanese’s decision not to push ahead with a makarrata commission despite funding being set aside for it in the budget – a backdown that was a major focus of Monday’s question time.

More respondents thought that Indigenous health, employment, incarceration and su***de rates were getting worse than those who thought they are getting better; although Indigenous education was perceived as improving.

After the referendum to enshrine an Indigenous voice in the constitution was defeated in October 2023, support for all forms of intervention for Indigenous Australians has been down.

That included: a treaty, for which support was down two points to 35%; a truth-telling commission “to investigate historical and ongoing injustices committed against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people” down three points to 34%; and a non-legislated voice, for which support was down two points to 34%.

But more than half of respondents (59%) said the government should “continue to work with First Nations communities to find solutions to the issues they face”.

Respondents were told that Albanese had described makarrata as a policy of “coming together after conflict, but will not set up a formal commission to negotiate a federal treaty with Indigenous people”.

In a forced-choice question, most (59%) said the government “should not establish a makarrata commission, because the Australian people rejected constitutional change at the 2023 referendum”, compared with 41% who said it “should establish a makarrata commission to negotiate a treaty, as requested in the Uluru statement from the heart”.

In question time on Monday, the Coalition asked Albanese two questions about makarrata, one of which he side-stepped by discussing efforts to close the gap, and another from Peter Dutton which drew the rebuke: “I’m pleased to see the leader of the opposition is focused on cost of living”.

“What we have said on makarrata is that we’ll continue to engage,” he said. “We held a referendum last year, which wasn’t successful.

“And what happens is – you accept that, you accept responsibility for it.”

In Senate question time the new minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, described a makarrata commission as “very difficult” to pursue without bipartisan support.

Asked about a Greens bill for a truth and justice commission, McCarthy said Labor was supportive of a Senate inquiry, but added the government had “learned from the referendum and the pain and hardship that created for First Nations people in this country”.

“We will not endeavour going down that pathway without the support of the opposition,” she said.

18/08/2024

Last Narungga netball trial this Sunday 🖤💛

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18/08/2024

Advocates say the decision is a "slap in the face" and has caused a "tsunami of disappointment".⁠ READ MORE: https://bit.ly/4dF9mdP

18/08/2024

Rachael Gunn’s Olympic breakdancing routine wasn’t just an embarrassing series of missteps, it was a modern-day minstrel show where cultural appropriation masqueraded as athleticism.

18/08/2024

What appeared to be a pile of rocks in a shed turns out to be a collection of important Indigenous artefacts that has sent this farming family on a quest to preserve cultural heritage.

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18/08/2024

In an open-air courtroom set up in a nature reserve at Cobar, families from the Ngemba, Ngiyampaa, Wangaaypuwan and Wayilwan peoples secure one of the largest native title claims in the region's history.

18/08/2024

18/08/2024

Join us this Friday as we explore Belair National Park.

Bookings are essential. To learn more or book visit:

Www.healthyselffitness.com.au

18/08/2024