Itching for action one year on from historic apology

TITLE: 2009 Media Release: Itching for action one year on from historic apology
PORTFOLIO: Attorney-General's
URL: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2009/7_09.html
SNIPPET: Commissioner Calma said the federal government had undertaken some terrific initiatives in the year since the National Apology, including holding a forum on Indigenous healing to recognise the impact of trauma and grieving in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait lslander families, and the provision of additional funds for a network of counsellors and caseworkers to reunite lost families. He also called on the federal government to register its formal support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a further commitment to partnership with Indigenous people.

National Indigenous health equality targets

Close the gap: National Indigenous health equality targets
Tom Calma and others / Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
This report by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and the Steering Committee for Indigenous Health Equality presents the outcomes from the National Indigenous Health Equality Summit, 18 – 20 March, 2008. Posted 29-07-2008

National Indigenous health equality targets

Close the gap: National Indigenous health equality targets
Tom Calma and others / Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
This report by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and the Steering Committee for Indigenous Health Equality presents the outcomes from the National Indigenous Health Equality Summit, 18 – 20 March, 2008. Posted 29-07-2008

Building a sustainable National Indigenous Representative Body

Building a sustainable National Indigenous Representative Body – issues for consideration
Tom Calma / Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
An issues paper outlining key considerations in the development of a new National Indigenous Representative Body. Posted 14-07-2008

Native title report 2006

Tom Calma / Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Economic development can and does happen on Indigenous land, and when the preconditions are right, Indigenous Australians can and do achieve great things on the land, writes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma in this report. The report also contains a national survey of Indigenous land owners, which found that although custodial responsibilities and land care were their first priority, nearly all respondents strongly supported economic development.