ACC backs Uluru Statement from the Heart in open letter to PM
By Emma Ryan|17 February 2021
The Association of Corporate Counsel Australia (ACC Australia) has outlined its support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart in an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The legal body sent a letter to the PM earlier this month following a vote from the board to move forward in supporting the statement.
The Uluru Statement from the Heart calls on organisations to make a submission in support of “real, fair and practical change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament”.
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Unprecedented change under way as First Nations people take a seat at the table
By Pat Turner
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Each year in February, the Prime Minister delivers a statement in Parliament accounting to the nation for the status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and outlines what more is needed to “close the gap”. It is a time when our country looks in the mirror and confronts our different status – a status that shows wide gaps between the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.
Over the past two years, a movement has been under way to change how the nation approaches these gaps. It started when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled bodies stood up and called for shared decision making with governments. We knew that having a seat at the table where decisions were being made was vital. And we knew that our voice needed to be equal to the voice of governments.
The memorial march has always drawn attention to the disproportionate numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and organizers say it was more important than ever to hold the march this year.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deadly inequalities across Canadian society, with violence against women, fatal overdoses and racist incidents all increasing. And there has been new attention on the issue of systemic racism against Indigenous people in the B.C. health-care system. Scenes from the Women’s Memorial March on Feb. 14, 2021.
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“Because of COVID, there are higher rates of racism, discrimination and violence,” said Sinktesapatawiya, a march organizer from Treaty 6 territory in Alberta.
Unprecedented change under way as First Nations people take a seat at the table
By Pat Turner
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Each year in February, the Prime Minister delivers a statement in Parliament accounting to the nation for the status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and outlines what more is needed to “close the gap”. It is a time when our country looks in the mirror and confronts our different status – a status that shows wide gaps between the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.
Over the past two years, a movement has been under way to change how the nation approaches these gaps. It started when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled bodies stood up and called for shared decision making with governments. We knew that having a seat at the table where decisions were being made was vital. And we knew that our voice needed to be equal to the voice of governments.