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<strong>Wednesday</strong>: Victoria’s shutdown expected to be extended amid ‘fleeting’ contact transmission. Plus: how the ‘good’ war went bad

The Healing Foundation Tuesday 11 May 2021 Topics: Federal Budget; Stolen Generations; Intergenerational Trauma, Truth Telling; Self-Determination; Uluru Statement from the Heart; First Nations Memorial; Redress; Records ADAM SHIRLEY: Understandably, you might have your eyes on the budget to see if there’s dollars and cents that are going to support you flowing from the Federal Government. I mean, it’s always an interesting question – what’s in it for me? And ...

The research found the necessary and swift public health response to protect First Australians also created “unprecedented disruption to cultural practices and normal relational and collective practices” of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, leaving people feeling vulnerable and disconnected from their community. Foundation chief executive Fiona Cornforth said the research was carried out to assist future governments in pandemic planning “to ensure the mental heal...

The Healing Foundation Impacts of COVID-19 on Stolen Generations survivors (Research Report) New research released by The Healing Foundation shows that the strong and necessary public health restrictions introduced to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia since early 2020 retriggered trauma for some Stolen Generations survivors. The research data suggests an increased and heightened sense of vulnerability; significant disconnection from family, community, and country; and significant impac...

The Healing Foundation Interview: The Healing Foundation CEO Fiona Cornforth with Dan Bourchier, ABC Radio 666 Canberra ‘Afternoons’, Thursday 15 April 2021 Topics: Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 30-year anniversary; intergenerational healing /Public Release. This material comes from the originating organization and may be of a point-in-time nature, edited for clarity, style and length. Why? Well, unlike many news organisations, we have no sponsors, no corporate or ide...

Download 6.74 MB Today (15 April 2021) marks 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991. Since the recommendations were released by the landmark inquiry, more than 470 First Nations people have died in custody, including at least five in March 2021. Healing Foundation chief executive Fiona Cornforth spoke to ABC Radio Canberras Dan Bourchier about what needs to happen to reduce the number of Indigenous deaths. Duration: 14min 43sec