Reconciliation Australia

📣 KEYNOTE + MORE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED 📣 We are thrilled to introduce Fiona Jose as the opening keynote speaker at the National RAP Conference 2024. Fiona Jose is the Group CEO of Cape York Partnership, an Indigenous policy reform and leadership organisation – consisting of ten entities – dedicated to empowering Cape York Indigenous people. A formidable force for her community and self-determination, we are incredibly honoured to welcome Fiona as our keynote speaker! We are also excited to announce Tanya Denning-Orman (Director, Indigenous Content, Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia) and Trent Wallace (Head of First Nations Strategy, Ashurst). They will be joining Rana Hussain (CEO, Good.Human) in a discussion on anti-racism action on day two of the program. 📌 To learn more about registering and access updates on the program, featured speakers and more, check out: https://lnkd.in/e4Md4tvN #Reconciliation #RAPConference2024 #IGA2024

The latest issue of Reconciliation News is out now! Issue #52 is full of stories that show how First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians are creating opportunities to advance self-determination and build the movement for reconciliation and justice in Australia. Stories include: 📌 A year on from the referendum, Voice is as important as ever by Kirstie Parker 📌 Surfing to Success: Naru Goori Groms and the National Rugby League 📌 RAP designs create opportunities for Cairns First Nations youth 📌 Truth, Healing, Action: Yoorrook Justice Commission's Journey 📌 In Conversation with Katie Kiss 📌 Bass Coast Reconciliation Network: Walking and Working Together Read it online now: https://lnkd.in/gxCwisFk #Reconciliation #ReconciliationNews #Truthtelling

Judges for the Indigenous Governance Awards 2024 recently visited Learning on Country in Darwin in the Northern Territory as part of the awards judging process. The Learning on Country (LoC) program is a joint initiative between Aboriginal Ranger groups and schools across 17 Top End remote communities aimed at integrating ‘both ways’ learning into secondary school curriculums. The LoC Program is delivered with a key focus on the senior secondary student cohort. The teaching and learning programs are developed collaboratively between school and Ranger staff, with a focus on field-based activity, drawing on traditional and western knowledge systems. Winners of #IGA2024 will be announced on Wednesday 6 November at the Indigenous Governance Awards 2024 gala dinner. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gXB-7T9d 📷: Tom Hoy, Wirrim Media Northern Land Council, Associated Advertising & Promotions Pty Ltd, Australian Indigenous Governance Institute, BHP Foundation #Reconciliation #IGA2024 #IndigenousGovernance

"In 2024 it has been 100 years since the gates of Kinchela Boys Home opened. At those gates, the spirits of the children who walked through the gates were left behind. The KBH Community want people to know that they have survived. That even though the government tried to destroy their families, culture and communities, the government failed. The KBH Community is still strong in who they are; they are part of one of the oldest living cultures. The Survivors of Kinchela Boys Home want community and non-Aboriginal people to hear the truth from those that were there, to feel the truth, to learn and deeply understand what happened at Kinchela and the impact it had on their lives and their families lives and that the fight is still happening and still needed." - Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation KBHAC 📌Learn more about KBHAC: https://lnkd.in/dZz59mM 📰Read more on the commemoration via NITV: https://lnkd.in/gFAd-6Te #Reconciliation #Truthtelling

A new report shows Supply Nation has helped generate almost $15 billion dollars of contracts for First Nations businesses over the past 15 years. Supply Nation recently released their 'Legacy: Supply Nation's 15-year Anniversary Report' which examined how the organisation has contributed to the growth of the First Nations economy since it was established in 2009 by the then Rudd government. 📝Find the full report: https://bit.ly/3Y1HqdW 📌Read more via National Indigenous Times: https://bit.ly/3YgSxQu

A year ago the Australian electorate rejected an opportunity to advance reconciliation and reset relationships between the Australian state and First Nations peoples. Despite the efforts of the largest volunteer army ever assembled in Australia, on 14 October 2023 the Voice to Parliament referendum failed, causing disappointment and hurt in the hearts of First Nations people and their allies across the continent. Throughout the campaign, Reconciliation Australia consistently reminded supporters that regardless of the result, our work towards reconciliation and justice would continue. After all, First Nations people having a say in their own affairs has been central to reconciliation since the beginning of the formal reconciliation process more than 30 years ago. The referendum result shone a very bright light on the harsh truth that Australia has a long way to go on its reconciliation journey. This was starkly illustrated in the ignorance and racism that characterised a large amount of the public discourse during that time. #StillYes But it is also true that, despite a huge misinformation campaign, six million Australians voted ‘Yes’. 60,000 people volunteered their time and support to the campaign and many First Nations communities voted in favour of the Voice to Parliament. Unprecedented numbers of organisations, schools, community groups and sports teams also pledged their support. Support for First Nations justice and self-determination continues after the referendum. In May 2024 international polling company Ipsos found that 78% of Australians still believe First Nations people should have a say in the laws and political decisions that affect them. We are encouraged by increasing participation in our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Education programs. There are currently over 3,300 active RAP partners, and over 2,000 schools and early learning services have joined us in actively promoting reconciliation in education. We are encouraged by the way Australians embraced the 2024 National Reconciliation Week theme, Now More Than Ever, stressing the vital importance of staying engaged, connected, and committed to reconciliation; and by the more than 500 choirs across Australia who joined us in singing the Warumpi Band classic Blackfella/Whitefella. We are heartened by the innovation, ingenuity and sheer determination of the applicants to our Indigenous Governance Awards 2024; organisations who exercise their self-determination to successfully build better lives for their families and communities. Like these groundbreaking organisations our work did not stop after the referendum; like them we have been getting on with the job. ---continued at the link--- 📌READ THE FULL STATEMENT: https://bit.ly/404j061 #Reconciliation

Judges for the Indigenous Governance Awards 2024 recently met with Mibbinbah Spirit Healing as part of the awards judging process. Since 2007, Mibbinbah has coordinated a national program of events, including an annual gathering, to provide First Nations people with the necessary opportunity, space, and agency to co-design the support system they need to achieve positive outcomes for their people. Mibbinbah believe that by using their Proper Way methodology, they can create a system of support that is not only long-lasting but also intergenerational, which will aid in empowering First Nations people to heal, grow, and resume their roles as the nurturers, teachers, and leaders in their communities. Winners of #IGA2024 will be announced on Wednesday 6 November at the Indigenous Governance Awards 2024 gala dinner. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gXB-7T9d 📷: Ashlee Jensen, Wirrim Media Australian Indigenous Governance Institute, BHP Foundation #Reconciliation #IGA2024 #IndigenousGovernance

"Maybe we will never get a firm handle on the exact recipe for the dish served to the nation near 12 months ago. But its base was undoubtedly the early withdrawal of once-prized political bipartisanship. This was blended with low civics awareness and understandable cost-of-living anxiety, and then oversalted with various kinds of mischief – lies, fearmongering and racism." - Reconciliation Australia Board Member, Kirstie Parker reflects on the Voice referendum as we near its one-year anniversary. Read more via Guardian Australia: https://lnkd.in/gH_FDBJr #Reconciliation

Almost one year on from the Voice referendum, several books have been released that investigate and dissect what happened in both the lead up and aftermath. If you are looking for a way to help make sense of the result and the important reconciliation work that has and will continue regardless of the result, check out one of the following books: 📕 Always was, Always Will be: The campaign for justice and recognition continues by Thomas Mayo 📌 https://lnkd.in/gEk_iscb 📕 Reflections on the Voice: During and After the Campaign by Andrew Gunstone 📌 https://lnkd.in/gnts4KPE 📕 Broken Heart: A True History of the Voice Referendum by Shireen Morris 📌 https://lnkd.in/g4DiHUaG Images via: Hardie Grant Publishing, Australian Scholarly Publishing, BlackInc Books #Reconciliation

After more than a century, Warumungu artefacts are being returned to country in Central Australia from a United Kingdom museum collection. The return is facilitated through a program run by Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). Warumungu traditional owners from the Northern Territory desert town of Tennant Creek travelled to London earlier this month to bring the 10 objects back to country. Read more via ABC Indigenous: https://lnkd.in/gJgHt86u #Reconciliation