Giovanni Torre

2 weeks ago | nit.com.au | Giovanni Torre

More than one thousand people gathered in Boorloo/Perth on Sunday to call for justice for Kumanjayi White and an end to deaths in custody. The action was one of many events held across the country in recent days in an expression of national solidarity for Mr White, his family and his community. Rallies have been held in Naarm/Melbourne, Sydney, Magandjin/Brisbane, Darwin, Wollongong, Mparntwe/Alice Springs and elsewhere.

2 weeks ago | nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Giovanni Torre

25 years ago, Aboriginal and non-Indigenous people gathered to erect a memorial marking a shameful chapter in a move of reconciliation and truth-telling. Every year, hundreds of people gather, many travelling from interstate, to commemorate the Myall Creek Massacre at Bingara. The rock memorial near the sight of the massacre was erected in 2000, two years after a group of four people began their project to acknowledge the atrocity and lay foundations for truth and healing.

3 weeks ago | nit.com.au | Giovanni Torre |Joseph Guenzler

A Naarm council has responded to a "hateful" protest by a group understood by the extreme-right 'National Socialist Network' at a shopping centre within its local government area. City of Darebin Mayor Kristine Olaris said the council "vehemently oppose all forms of discrimination in the community". Earlier this week, an image surfaced featuring the group, reportedly organised by the neo-Nazi group, holding a racist banner at Northland Shopping Centre in Preston at approximately 3:30 am on June 1.

3 weeks ago | nit.com.au | Giovanni Torre

Australia is facing a mental health workforce crisis that disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, a leading Indigenous mental health service warns. Wakai Waian Healing - a 100 per cent Torres Strait Islander-owned psychology and counselling service based in Queensland – notes that while First Nations people comprise nearly four per cent of the population, less than one per cent of registered psychologists identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

3 weeks ago | nit.com.au | Giovanni Torre

A new Yued Heritage Protection Agreement with Carbon Positive Australia establishes processes by which consideration is given to activities planned by project proponents, and gives non-Aboriginal people an opportunity to learn from Yued knowledge holders about how to work respectfully in locations governed by Yued cultural protocols.