impact2021 Program

Indigenous Voice: Engaging our community in the co-design process (Webinar One)

Indigenous Australians, while owning or managing almost 50 per cent of the continent, do not have a formal say over government policies that affect them. 

In October 2019, the Minister for Indigenous Australians announced a co-design process for an Indigenous Voice to government and parliament. In January 2021, the Interim Report on Indigenous Voice was released for public comment.

In this two-part impact2021 webinar, we invite you to join us to find out more about this particular process and to hear why the National Co-Design Group for Indigenous Voice believes Indigenous-led formal advice to government and parliament is important and necessary.

The webinar panellists will also discuss how the Australian public can participate in the co-design process.

Webinar One: 9 March, 12:00pm - 1:30pm (AEDT)

• Dr Sadie Heckenberg (Panel Moderator): Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Fellow, Moondani Toombadool Centre, Swinburne University of Technology
• Dr Donna Odegaard AM: Larrakia Elder, Co-Chair, National Co-Design Group, Founder and Chairperson, First Nations Broadcasting Australia, Director, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
• Hon. Jeff Kennett AC: Former Premier of Victoria, Founding Chairman, Beyond Blue, past President, Hawthorn Football Club
• Dr Emma Lee: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Fellow, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne

Webinar Two: 4 May, 12:00pm - 1:30pm (AEST)

• Emeritus Professor Colleen Hayward AM: Senior Noongar woman, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Equity and Indigenous and Head of Kurongkurl Katitjin, Edith Cowan University, Board Member, Centre for Social Impact
• Alison Page: Award-winning creative at the forefront of contemporary Australian Aboriginal design and storytelling, and descendant of the Walbanga and Wadi Wadi people of the Yuin nation
• Dr Emma Lee: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Fellow, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne
• Additional panellists and details to be confirmed
  

> Register for one or both webinars

Both of these impact2021 webinars are free events presented by the Centre for Social Impact, in collaboration with Moondani Toombadool Centre and Swinburne University of Technology.

You are welcome to attend one or both of the live webinars, which will also be recorded.