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June Oscar

June Oscar

June Oscar is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission. She is a Bunuba woman from Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia's Kimberley region.

The Parnngurr Aboriginal Health Clinic in the Western Australian Desert, 1800km from Perth and 500 km from the nearest towns. 

Time to end inequality so women and girls can reach their potential

Women everywhere, but particularly First Nations women, have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.

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Prime minister Bob Hawke receives the Barunga statement from Galarrwuy Yunupingu in 1988.

Australians, at last, are ready for reconciliation. It’s time politicians caught up

We’ve had our false starts, but the nation is ready for this reckoning.

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Noel Pearson signs the Uluru Statement from the Heart in May 2017.

Indigenous Australians can be bystanders no longer

When we are forced to watch, rather than be involved in decision making, the outcomes will never fully address our needs.

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