impact2021 Program

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

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)

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• 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)

• Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians, will introduce the webinar
  
• Dr Sadie Heckenberg (Panel Moderator): Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Fellow, Moondani Toombadool Centre, Swinburne University of Technology
• 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
• Dr Emma Lee: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Fellow, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne
• Her Excellency, Vicki Treadell CMG, MV: British High Commissioner
• Chris Kenny: Sky News Australia
  
  

> Register for the 4 May webinar

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.