Youth Council and the Voice Referendum

Youth Council Members were involved with the organising of the Voice Referendum Discussion Event on 14 September 2023 at the Fraternity Club in Fairy Meadow. 4 Members took the opportunity to ask their questions on the Voice to constitutional law expert Eddie Synot, a...
2023 Voice Referendum Discussion

2023 Voice Referendum Discussion

An Evening with Indigenous Lawyer, Eddie Synot on the Indigenous Voice Referendum Soon we will be asked in a Referendum whether to alter the Australian Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by creating a body called the Aboriginal and Torres...

Youth Council involved in understanding the 2023 Voice Referendum

Later in 2023 all Australians will have a once in a generation chance to come together with First Nations Peoples to deliver a brighter future for our nation. The Youth Council has chosen to spend time understanding what the Uluru Statement from the Heart is, the...
Reconciliation 2021

Reconciliation 2021

2021 marks twenty years of Reconciliation Australia and almost three decades of Australia’s formal reconciliation process. I was invited to speak about Reconciliation by the Illawarra Aboriginal Community Based Working Group (IACBWG) on 2 June 2021 at Southern Youth...
Wave of Optimism in the Illawarra

Wave of Optimism in the Illawarra

Amidst these uncertain dire times of Covid 19, we continue to draw upon our inner strength for ourselves and each other. Shaped over our lifetime of experiences, our inner strength has had many influences. Of these, what others have said or written, have at times,...
Keep the Faith

Keep the Faith

Here is something I wrote after reflecting on the surreal and worrying times we are all facing. Thanks for reading it. Diann Rodgers-Healey. In these unprecedented Covid timesWhen you see Almost perpendicular graph linesEmpty food shelvesCancelled EventsUncrowded...