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'In April 2017, I became the first woman to be appointed to the position of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). I have made the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls a priority of... ' (Introduction)

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  • Epigraph:

    Wiyi yani, Galinda yani
    All women, all girls
    Wina nginyji: Mimi, Ngowiji, Ngarranyi, Ngawiy, Jugu, Manay, Ngaja, Manggay, Gunday, Jimarri,
    Whether you are all: maternal and paternal grandmothers, mothers, aunties, daughters, older sisters, younger sisters, sisters-in-law, cousin sisters or friends,
    Nginyjagama gurrijginggirragi, Nginyjagama linginggirragi,
    Wadbinggirragali, yathawarra, mathawarra, wilalawarra, Winyiwarra yarrangi nhingi thangani, nyanangarri nhingi wiyi yani.
    Whatever you are carrying, whatever you are thinking, let’s all come together, to sit, share, talk and listen together.
    Manyjawarrma yarrangi thangani thirrili ngarri.
    Let us make our voices strong.
    Wiyi yani, Galinda yani Thirrili ngarri warawarra.
    All women and girls let’s stand with strength.

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    y separately published work icon Griffith Review First Things First no. 60 2018 12265671 2018 periodical issue

    'INSPIRED by the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and featuring outstanding Indigenous writers, Renewed Promise is an urgent, nuanced and robust call to listen, hear and respond to questions of constitutional recognition.

    'More than two centuries after European settlers arrived, the need to find an honourable way to recognise and celebrate the unique history of this country as home to the oldest living civilisation is long overdue. A Makaratta Commission is the preferred way to do this, to make agreements and enable truth-telling about our history.

    'Are we ready to make peace and devise firmer ground for laws, policies and outcomes that improve Indigenous and non-Indigenous life in Australia? With this special edition, Griffith Review excavates history and re-imagines the future, while not forgetting the urgencies of the present.

    'Published with the support of QUT' (Publicaton summary)

         2018     pg. 317-327
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