For UNSW alumna and NITV Political Correspondent Nakari Thorpe, NAIDOC Week is an important opportunity to learn more about the role Indigenous Australians play in the community.
Indigenous languages, like the Aboriginal flag, unite communities and are reminders of resistance, resilience and advocacy for Indigenous people, a gathering to celebrate NAIDOC Week has been told.
Economics is at the heart of Indigenous wellbeing and merely changing words in the Constitution would do little to address Indigenous disadvantage, former High Court Judge Michael Kirby has told a UNSW audience.