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Cr Alex Makin: Councilor for Montague Ward, City of Port Phillip

Tag: reconciliation

  • 40 Years as Citizens Where to Next?

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    The 40th Years as “Citizens” Where to Next? forum has been organised by the Mullum Mullim Indigenous Gathering Place to provide an opportunity the discuss the next steps for reconciliation and to ensure an equitable society for all Australians. Topics that will be covered include the concept of citizenship, governance, respect, identity, health and justice.…

  • Second Reconciliation Workshop

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    This evening, upon my return from Canberra, I attended the second community workshop in regard to the 1967 Referendum and to identify the issues facing both mainstream and indigenous Australia. While the first workshop focused on identifying a number of goals required to improve the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians, the second workshop focused on the…

  • 1967 Referendum Project Workshop

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    This evening I attended a workshop on issues relating the 1967 Referendum and reconciliation organised by the Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place in association with Reconciliation Eastern Metro, which includes reconciliation groups throughout the Eastern region, including the Maroondah Movement for Reconciliation. The Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place, located at Croydon Way in Croydon, provides…

  • Indigenous Cultural Awareness Program

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    Over the past three weeks the Heathmont Uniting Church Community Living Centre, in conjunction with the Maroondah Movement for Reconciliation, has been running an Indigenous cultural awareness program, facilitated by Shane Charles the Pathways Coordinator from Swinburne University. Today’s session, which marked the conclusion of the program, discussed some of the current issues facing indigenous…

  • NAIDOC Week: Acknowledgement of Country

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    The National Aboriginal Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) week is being observed from the 2nd to 9th July. NAIDOC week celebrates the survival of Indigenous culture and the Indigenous contribution to modern Australia and at tonight’s council meeting I had the opportunity to present the following Acknowledgement of Country which is used to recognise and…