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       Professor Mick Dodson AM ​

      Professor Mick Dodson AM ​

      NT TREATY COMMISSIONER

      Mick Dodson is a Yawuru man from the Broome area in Western Australia. He was the first Indigenous Australian to receive a law degree following studies at Monash University in Melbourne. A proud, courageous and humble Aboriginal leader, Dodson has served in a wide range of challenging roles and has been an enthusiastic advocate for social justice. He joined the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service in 1976 and became a barrister at the Victorian Bar in 1981. He assisted the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in the late 1980s and was appointed Australia’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in 1993. Prof. Dodson was appointed as the Northern Territory Treaty Commissioner in March 2019.

      Peter Yu

      Peter Yu

      Chief Executive Officer of the Yawuru Corporate Group

      Peter Yu is a Yawuru man from Broome in the Kimberley region in North West Australia with over 35 years’ experience in Indigenous development and advocacy in the Kimberley and at the state, national and international level. Peter was a key negotiator on behalf of the Yawuru Native Title Holders with the Western Australian State Government over the 2010 Yawuru Native Title Agreement and is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Yawuru Corporate Group.

       

      He has been an advocate for the social, cultural and economic advancement and well-being of Kimberley and other Aboriginal communities for his entire career. He has been instrumental in the development of many community-based organisations and initiatives which have had an enduring influence on the Kimberley region. He was Executive Director of the Kimberley Land Council during the 1990s and had a national leadership role negotiating the Federal Government’s response to the 1992 Mabo High Court judgement on Native Title.

       

      He is currently the Chair for the Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) to the Northern Ministerial Forum, Chair of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd (NAILSMA), Deputy Chair of the AFL Aboriginal Advisory Committee, Deputy Chair of Broome Futures Alliance Ltd, Council Member of the Governing Board of the Australian National University and Committee Member for the Western Australian Aboriginal Water and Environment Advisory Group.

      Tony McAvoy SC

      Tony McAvoy SC

      Senior Counsel, Native Title Barrister

      Tony McAvoy is a Wirdi man from the central Queensland area around Clermont. He is also a native title holder in his grandmother’s country around Thargomindah in southwest Queensland.

       

      Tony commenced work in 1983 at the Brisbane Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service as an articled clerk. He studied part-time at QUT. He graduated and was admitted as a solicitor in 1988. He continued to practice as a solicitor working in private practice and at the ATSILS, with some travel, until 1994. In 1994 he was employed in a policy position in the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs, later appointed as Manager of the Heritage and Natural Resources Branch, and served 18 months as Registrar, Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983.

       

      In January 2000 he was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of NSW. He was worked extensively in criminal law, administrative law including disciplinary tribunals, coronial inquests, discrimination law, but in recent years has largely practised in the area of native title. Tony has successfully represented the Githabul, Quandamooka, Kalkadoon, Pitta Pitta, Kullilli, Barngarla and in November 2017 the Gooreng Gooreng people in native title claims in the Federal Court.

      In August 2016 he was appointed Co-Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.

       

      In 2017 he was an advisor to and negotiator for the Narungga People in their treaty negotiations with the State of South Australia. He has advised on the Victoria Treaty Advancement Bill, written numerous papers and spoken nationally and internationally on treaties and truth commissions on many occasions.

       

      In 2018 he was the QUT Outstanding Alumnus of the Year.

      In 2010 Tony was awarded the Inaugural National Indigenous Legal Professional of the Year Award From 2011 to 2013, Tony held an appointment as an Acting Part-Time Commissioner on NSW Land and Environment Court. Tony is the current co-chair of the Indigenous Legal Issues Committee of the Law Council of Australia, and the Chair of the NSW Bar Association’s First Nations Committee. He is a trustee of the NSW Bar Associations Indigenous Barristers Trust.

      Dr Jackie Huggins AM

      Dr Jackie Huggins AM

      Co-Chair of the Eminent Persons Panel of Path to Treaty Qld

      Dr Jackie Huggins AM FAHA is a Bidjara (central Queensland) and Birri-Gubba Juru (North Queensland) woman from Queensland who has worked in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs for over forty years. Jackie is a celebrated historian and author who has documented the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people throughout the decades.

       

      She is the former Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, Reconciliation Australia and currently Co-Chair of the Eminent Persons Panel of Path to Treaty Qld.

       

      In 2001, Jackie received the Member of the Order of Australia for services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. Throughout her career spanning over four decades, Jackie has played a leading role in reconciliation, literacy, women’s issues and social justice. Jackie has had a long and distinguished career in public service and professional achievement.

      Justice Joe Williams

      Justice Joe Williams

      justice of the supreme court of new zealand

      Justice Williams was appointed a Judge of the High Court in September 2008, a Judge of the Court of Appeal in February 2018 and a Judge of the Supreme Court in May 2019. He graduated from Victoria University with an LLB in 1986 and from the University of British Columbia, Canada, with an LLM (Hons) in 1988. He then joined and later became a partner of the law firm Kensington Swan.

       

      After practising as a partner of Walters Williams & Co between 1994 and 1999, Justice Williams was appointed Chief Judge, Maori Land Court in December 1999. Shortly thereafter he was appointed as Deputy Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal and appointed the Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal in 2004.

       

      Justice Williams iwi are Ngati Pūkenga, Waitaha and Tapuika.

      Senator Patrick Dodson

      Senator Patrick Dodson

      Senator for Western Australia and Shadow Assistant Minister for Reconciliation and Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians

      Patrick Dodson is a Yawuru man from Broome in Western Australia. He has dedicated his life work to being an advocate for constructive relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples based on mutual respect, understanding and dialogue. He is a recipient of the Sydney International Peace prize.

       

      Patrick has extensive experience in Aboriginal Affairs, previously as Director of the Central and Kimberley Land Councils and as a Commissioner in the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. He also served as inaugural Chair of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and as Co-Chair of the Expert Panel for Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians.

       

      Prior to his endorsement by the Australian Labor Party as a Western Australian Senator in March 2016, Patrick was a member of the ANU Council, Adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame (Broome) and Co-Chair of the National Referendum Council.

       

      Since entering the Parliament in 2016 as Senator for Western Australia and Shadow Assistant Minister for Reconciliation and Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians, Patrick has fought for justice for First Nations People and a fair go for remote and regional WA.

      The Hon. Linda Burney MP

      The Hon. Linda Burney MP

      Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services & Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Member for Barton

      Linda was elected federal member for Barton in 2016, following a 14-year career in the NSW Parliament as the Member for Canterbury. During her state political career she served as minister in a number of senior portfolios including as minister for Community Services and later as Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

       

      Following her election to the Federal House of Representatives she was immediately appointed as Shadow Minister for Human Services. She has since been appointed Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services and Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians.

       

      As a proud member of the Wiradjuri nation, Linda was the first Aboriginal person to be elected to the NSW Parliament and the first Aboriginal woman to serve in the Australian House of Representatives. Linda’s commitment to Indigenous issues spans more than 30 years.

       

      She began her career as a teacher in western Sydney and then as an education bureaucrat before being appointed Director-General of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in 2000. Charles Sturt University awarded her, its first Aboriginal graduate, an Honorary Doctorate in Education in 2002.

       

      Linda has a long-held commitment to the prevention of domestic violence and family violence and has detailed publically her personal experience with it.

       

      Linda has held senior positions in the non-government sector serving on a number of Boards including the SBS, the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board, and the NSW Board of Studies.

      The Hon. Robert Shenton French AC

      The Hon. Robert Shenton French AC

      Chancellor of the University of Western Australia, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF AUSTRALIA

      Robert French served as Chief Justice of Australia from 1 September 2008 until 29 January 2017.

       

      He is a graduate of the University of Western Australia in science and law. He served as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia from November 1986 until his appointment as Chief Justice of the High Court on 1 September 2008. From 1994 to 1998 he was the President of the National Native Title Tribunal.

       

      Since his retirement as Chief Justice, Mr French has been appointed as a Non-Permanent Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (May 2017), as an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court (January 2018) and as a Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Dubai International Financial Centre (June 2019).

       

      He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia and Monash University, a Distinguished Honorary Professor at the Australian National University and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at Melbourne University Law School. He was elected as Chancellor of the University of Western Australia in December 2017.

      Professor Megan Davis

      Professor Megan Davis

      Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous and Professor of Law, UNSW. Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court.

      Prof. Davis is currently an expert member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Prof Davis is formerly Chair and an expert member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2011-2016).

       

      Prof Davis is a constitutional lawyer who was a member of the Referendum Council and the Expert Panel on the Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution. Megan is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and a Commissioner on the Australian Rugby League Commission. Megan supports the North Queensland Cowboys and the QLD Maroons.

      Professor Marcia Langton AM

      Professor Marcia Langton AM

      FOUNDATION CHAIR OF AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

      Professor Marcia Langton AM is an anthropologist and geographer, and since 2000 has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne. She has produced a large body of knowledge in the areas of political and legal anthropology, Indigenous agreements and engagement with the minerals industry, and Indigenous culture and art.

       

      Professor Langton’s 2012 Boyer lectures titled: The Quiet Revolution: Indigenous People and the Resources Boom is one of her contributions to public debate, and have added to her influence and reputation in government and private sector circles. In 1993 she was made a member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her work in anthropology and the advocacy of Aboriginal rights. Professor Marcia Langton is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of Trinity College, Melbourne and an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College at The University of Queensland.

       

      In 2016 Professor Langton is honoured as a University of Melbourne Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor. In further recognition as one of Australia’s most respected Indigenous Academics Professor MarciaLangton AM has in 2017 been appointed as the first Associate Provost at the University of Melbourne. And in 2019 is the Indie Book award winner for Illustrated Non-Fiction for her book Welcome to Country, a curated guide book to Indigenous Australia axand the Torres Strait Islands published by Hardie Grant Travel.

      Mick Gooda

      Mick Gooda

      Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission

      Mick Gooda’s people are the Ghungalu from Central Queensland. He advocates for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and has done so for the last 30 years.

       

      His work experience includes a wide range of roles such as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Co-Commissioner on the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, ATSIC.

       

      He chaired the Queensland Stolen Wages Reparation Taskforce and the National Centre of Indigenous Genomics and has been a member of the Expert Panel and the Referendum Council which were convened to advised the Federal Government on the Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Australian constitution.

       

      More recently, he has been appointed to the Queensland First Children and Families Board which is tasked with the overseeing reforms to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the child protection system, and as First Nations Advisor to the Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works.

    • Speakers & Panellists

      Please find a list of our current Speakers for the Summit.
      Please check back regularly for new speakers and other important information about the content of the Summit.

      Geraldine Atkinson

      Geraldine Atkinson

      Co-Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria

      Geraldine Atkinson is a proud Bangerang/Wiradjuri woman and
      co-Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria. She was elected to the Assembly in November 2019 as a candidate from the North East Region.

       

      For over 40 years, Geraldine has been instrumental in driving government and policy reform in Aboriginal education.

       

      From starting in the field as an Aboriginal teacher’s aide in 1976, Geraldine moved forward to become the President of the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. (VAEAI), a role she has held since 1999.

       

      In that role she represents the organisation on Koorie education matters across all education sectors: early childhood, school education, and post compulsory education and training.

       

      Geraldine obtained a Bachelor of Education from Deakin University in 2013 and went on to obtain her Masters of Education in 2019. In early 2020, her leadership in Aboriginal education was further recognised with the awarding of a Deakin University Honorary Doctorate Award.

       

      Professor Daryle Rigney

      Professor Daryle Rigney

      Director, Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures Research, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney

      Daryle Rigney, a citizen of the Ngarrindjeri Nation, is a professor and Director of the Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures Research hub in the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney. He is a board member of the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute, a member of the Indigenous Advisory Council, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, a member of the South Australian Certificate of Education’s Aboriginal Steering Committee and a Senior Fellow, Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, Melbourne & Atlantic Institute, Oxford Univerity, UK. Daryle’s academic work and community work currently focus on developments in Indigenous nation-building and governance following colonisation. He has published widely and influentially on these topics.

      Associate Professor Claire Chartes

      Associate Professor
      Claire Chartes

      Director of the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre for Indigenous Peoples and the Law.

      Claire Chartes is from Ngati Whakaue, Tuwharetoa, Nga Puhi and Tainui. Claire’s primary area of research is in Indigenous peoples’ rights in international and constitutional law, often with a comparative focus. Claire is working on articles on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the relationship between tikanga Māori and the state legal system, tensions between human rights and Indigenous peoples' rights and on the legitimacy of Indigenous peoples’ rights under international law, to be published as a book by Cambridge University Press. Claire is also working on a number of collaborative research projects including on Indigenous peoples’ self-determination and the philosophical foundations of Indigenous law. She is a member of the International Law Association’s committee on Indigenous peoples’ rights, and was awarded a Royal Society Rutherford Discovery Fellowship in 2017. Claire has typically combined her academic research and teaching with advocacy for the rights of Indigenous peoples at the domestic and international levels, and is currently a trustee on the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples. In 2016–2017, Claire was appointed by the president of the United Nations General Assembly to advise him on enhancing Indigenous peoples' participation in the United Nations. From 2010 to 2013, Claire worked for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section, focusing on the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

      Janine Gertz

      Janine Gertz

      PhD Candidate (Sociology), College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University Post Graduate Research Fellow – The Cairns Institute, James Cook University Coordinator - Gugu Badhun Aboriginal Corporation (Registered Native Title Body Corporate) - Partner Investigator – ARC Discovery Project “Prerequisite conditions for Indigenous nation self-government”, University of Technology Sydney

      Janine Gertz is a citizen of the Gugu Badhun Aboriginal Nation, from the Upper Burdekin region of North Queensland. Janine’s research interests are grounded in her community development and nation-building work with the Gugu Badhun Aboriginal Nation. Janine’s doctoral research title is Gugu Badhun Self-Determination: Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the local level.

       

      Tim Goodwin

      Tim Goodwin

      Barrister

      Tim Goodwin is a barrister at the Victorian Bar and practices primarily in commercial and public law. Tim was one of the Junior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory. Prior to joining the Bar, Tim worked at Allens as a solicitor for three years in commercial litigation, and in banking and finance.

      Before joining Allens, Tim served as Associate to Justice North and Justice Bromberg of the Federal Court of Australia. He also served as Foreign Law Clerk to Justice Skweyiya of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

      Tim has a Bachelor of Arts and Laws (with Honours) from the Australian National University and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School.

      Tim is a member of the Yuin people of the South East Coast of New South Wales. He serves on a number of boards, including as a Board Member of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission.

       

      Professor John Borrows

      Professor John Borrows

      Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria Law School in British Columbia

      John Borrows B.A., M.A., J.D., LL.M. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Osgoode Hall Law School), LL.D. (Hons., Dalhousie, York, Queen’s & Law Society of Ontario), D.H.L, (Toronto), F.R.S.C. John is Anishinaabe/Ojibway and a member of the Chippewa of the Nawash First Nation in Ontario, Canada. His publications include, Recovering Canada; The Resurgence of Indigenous Law (Donald Smiley Award for the best book in Canadian Political Science, 2002), Canada's Indigenous Constitution (Canadian Law and Society Best Book Award 2011), Drawing Out Law: A Spirit's Guide (2010), Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism ((Donald Smiley Award for the best book in Canadian Political Science, 2016), The Right Relationship (with Michael Coyle, ed.), Resurgence and Reconciliation (with Michael Asch, Jim Tully, eds.), Law’s Indigenous Ethics, all from the University of Toronto Press. He is the 2017 Killam Prize winner in Social Sciences and the 2019 Molson Prize Winner from the Canada Council for the Arts.

      Damian Griffis

      Damian Griffis

      Advocate for Human Rights

      Damian Griffis is a descendant of the Worimi people. He is a leading advocate for the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability. Damian has been a central figure in the establishment of both the Aboriginal Disability Network NSW and the national organisation representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities and their families – the First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN).

       

      Damian represents FPDN at regional, national and international forums.

       

      In 2014, he won the Tony Fitzgerald (Community Individual) Memorial Award at the Australian Human Rights Awards.

      Laureate Professor Emeritus Cheryl Saunders

      Laureate Professor Emeritus Cheryl Saunders

      Director of Studies, Public and International Law (Melbourne Law Masters) Melbourne Law School

      Cheryl Saunders is a Laureate Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne and the founding director of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies. She has specialist research interests in Australian and comparative public law. She is a President Emeritus of the International Association of Constitutional Law, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a foundation fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. She is a former board member of International IDEA, a senior technical advisor to its constitution building program and a convenor of the Constitution Transformation Network.

      Kevin Smith

      Kevin Smith

      Chief Executive Officer of Queensland South Native Title Services. Chair of the NNTC

      Kevin Smith has traditional connections to Ugar (Stephen Island) and Erub (Darnley Island) in the Torres Strait. Kevin has over 28 years of professional experience in Indigenous affairs, including senior positions with the National Secretariat of Torres Strait Islander Organisations, the Brisbane Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service, the National Native Title Tribunal, Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL) and the National Native Title Council.

       

      Kevin has been the Chief Executive Officer of Queensland South Native Title Services since 2008 and is the newly appointed Chair of the NNTC. Kevin holds qualifications in both law and business management from the University of Queensland. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1994.

      Jodie Sizer

      Jodie Sizer

      Co-Founder and Co-CEO of PwC’s Indigenous Consulting (PIC).

      Jodie is a Djap Wurrung /Gunditjmara woman, and part of the Framlingham Community of South West Victoria.

       

      PIC is a majority Indigenous owned, led and staffed consulting business, a world first for the PwC global network. From a small team at commencement in October 2013, PIC has grown now to over 60 staff, 60% of whom are Indigenous Australians. Over this time, PIC has completed nearly 1,000 projects, across more than 650 communities around Australia. This includes ground-breaking and major reform work across a range of social and human services, and across urban, regional and remote setting.

       

      Jodie is the Chairperson of the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and sits on the Board of Collingwood Football Club. She is a member of the Victorian Women’s Hall of Fame, noted as one of the AFR 100 women of influence and was the inaugural Dardi Indigenous Business Leadership Award recipient in Victoria. Jodie was named as Victorian Aboriginal Young Achiever in 2000, when she was working as an auditor at a big four accounting firm and has maintained a prominent role in the Indigenous space and across broader society.

       

      Professor Gregory Phillips

      Professor Gregory Phillips

      CEO of ABSTARR Consulting, chairs the Ebony Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Institute, and is Professor of First People’s Health in the School of Medicine at Griffith University.

      Professor Gregory Phillips is a Waanyi and Jaru medical anthropologist. He leads change in cultural safety and decolonisation in community, academic, government and corporate organisations.

       

      He wrote a world first Indigenous health curriculum framework for all medical schools in Australia and New Zealand, founded the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network, and established the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation in the wake of the federal apology to Indigenous Australians. He recently wrote and launched AHPRA’s national strategy for better regulation of health professions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and cultural safety.

       

      His PhD examined culture, race and power in medical schools, his research masters in medical science investigated PTSD and addictions in remote Aboriginal communities, and his Bachelor of Arts is in Aboriginal Studies and Government. He is CEO of ABSTARR Consulting, chairs the Ebony Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Institute, and is Professor of First People’s Health in the School of Medicine at Griffith University.

      Ursula Raymond

      Ursula Raymond

      Deputy Treaty Commissioner, Northern Territory

      Ursula Raymond is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander woman born and raised in Darwin (NT) and is currently the inaugural Deputy Treaty Commissioner in the Northern Territory. A key component of Deputy Commissioner Raymond’s role is to ensure that Aboriginal women and girls are consulted, included and heard on Treaty matters across the NT, and that Aboriginal culture is respected and practiced appropriately during consultations. In the three-years prior to this Ursula was a Ministerial Adviser to the NT Government Minister for Tourism, Sport and Culture.

       

      Ursula’s professional career spans more than 30-years as a broadcaster, journalist, policy adviser, political adviser and community organiser. She has held senior policy and media positions within both the NT and Australian Governments, and community organisations. This includes working at senior advisory/ministerial levels within the parliamentary systems of both the Australian and NT governments, for local and national Aboriginal organisations, and for national and local media organisations and public affairs.

       

      Ursula has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne, and was the President of the Koori Students Association. While studying in Melbourne Ursula also worked at various local Koori organisations including the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and Koori Kollij. She also worked as a Clerk for Victorian hearings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

       

      On returning to the Northern Territory Ursula joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and trained as a broadcaster/journalist and for more than ten years enjoyed the job as Producer of Awaye! Indigenous Art and Culture on ABC Radio National, which is still broadcasting today.

       

      Jamie Lowe

      Jamie Lowe

      Executive Officer of the National Native Title Council

      Jamie Lowe is a Gunditjmara Djabwurrung man and Chief Executive Officer of the National Native Title Council, a national peak body set up to maximise the contribution of native title to achieving and improving the economic, social and cultural participation of Indigenous Australians. Jamie was recently elected to the executive of First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria, as Victorian Aboriginal Peoples move towards treaty and appointed by the Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt to the National Indigenous Voice Co-design Group.

       

      Jamie has a background in both government and non-government sectors and has expertise and skills in governance, management, strategic planning and economic development. Jamie believes that creating economic independence and maintaining and growing cultural identity are key to creating self-determining nations of Aboriginal people.

       

      Charles Lynch

      Charles Lynch

      Councillor, NSW Aboriginal Land Council, Northern Region

      Councillor Charles Lynch is a Gomeroi man born in Tamworth, NSW who has lived between Tamworth, Barraba and Quirindi all his life. Cr Lynch has been involved in the NSW Land Rights network for more than 25 years in various capacities. He was first elected as the NSW Aboriginal Land Council representative for the Northern Region in 2015, and was re-elected for a second term in 2019.
       

      Cr Lynch has represented the NSW Aboriginal Land Council on a range of issues affecting Aboriginal people in United Nations forums, nationally and at the State level. Cr Lynch has a strong focus on empowering Aboriginal people and Local Aboriginal Land Councils to build capacity and determine their own direction through economic development and sustainable delivery of services for the betterment of members and communities as a whole.
       

      Cr Lynch is currently serving as the Deputy Chair of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and the Co-Chair of the NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Peak Organisations (CAPO). Cr Lynch is a member of Nungaroo Local Aboriginal Land Council and Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land COuncil and is involved with the Tamworth Aboriginal Medical Service and Walhallow Murri Aboriginal Enterprise Corporation. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Public Accountants and Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors

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    ANTAR  ("us", "we", or "our") operates the National Treaties Summit 2020 website (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").
    
    This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. 
    
    We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from www.nationaltreatiessummit.com
    
    Definitions
    Service
    Service is the ANTaR Inc. website operated by ANTaR Inc.
    
    Personal Data
    Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
    
    Usage Data
    Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
    
    Cookies
    Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
    Information Collection and Use
    We collect different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
    
    Types of Data Collected
    
    Personal Data
    While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
    •	Email address
    •	First name and last name
    •	Phone number
    •	Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
    •	Cookies and Usage Data
    
    Usage Data
    We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
    
    Tracking Cookies Data
    We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information.
    Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Service.
    
    You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
    
    Examples of Cookies we use:
    •	Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
    •	Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
    •	Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
    
    Use of Data
    ANTaR Inc uses the collected data for various purposes:
    •	To provide and maintain the Service
    •	To notify you about changes to our Service
    •	To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
    •	To provide customer care and support
    •	To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the 
    Service
    •	To monitor the usage of the Service
    •	To detect, prevent and address technical issues
    
    Transfer Of Data
    Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
    
    If you are located outside Australia and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Australia and process it there.
    
    Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
    ANTaR Inc will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
    
    Disclosure Of Data
    Legal Requirements
    ANTaR Inc. may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
    •	To comply with a legal obligation
    •	To protect and defend the rights or property of ANTaR Inc.
    •	To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
    •	To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
    •	To protect against legal liability
    
    Security of Data
    The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
    
    Service Providers
    We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
    These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
    
    Links to Other Sites
    Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
    We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
    
    Children's Privacy
    Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").
    We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
    
    Changes to This Privacy Policy
    We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
    We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.
    
    You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
    
    Contact Us
    If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
    •	By email: campaigns@antar.org.au
    •	By visiting this page on our website: www.antar.org.au
    
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