Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

Next week is NAIDOC week, a national celebration of First Nations culture. This year's NAIDOC Week theme is 50 Years of Deadly, recognising decades of advocacy. Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Uncle Jack Charles, Lowitja O'Donoghue, Adrian Burragubba, the Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders in Council—it's a rich list of elders who work tirelessly to protect culture and community.

I want to give a shout-out to some amazing First Nations community leaders continuing this work. Donnella Mills, who, as interim chair of Our Ways Strong Together, is leading the work to tackle family, domestic and sexual violence against First Nations women and children. Professor Megan Davis and Dr Hannah McGlade, whose complaint on behalf of incarcerated First Nations youth led the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to find that Australia's youth justice system was breaching human rights. The late Rhoda Roberts AO elevated Indigenous voices in the arts and creative space for First Nations stories to be seen and heard and celebrated. Travis Lovett walked all the way from Naarm to Parliament House calling for national truth-telling. Dr Jackie Huggins AO, Larissa Baldwin-Roberts and Millie Telford founded Common Threads to support grassroots leadership for truth, land back and climate justice. Professor Anne Poelina is chair of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council and one of 10 people seeking a UN ruling that, by failing to take climate action, Australia is putting country and living waters at risk.

Australia is lucky to have such a wealth of First Nations leadership and it's time to listen to them. This NAIDOC week we must celebrate 50 Years of Deadly by finally doing what's being asked: implement the death in custody recommendations, fund community controlled services, take climate action and— (Time expired)