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Professor Tom Calma, AO, is an elder from the Kungarakan and Iwaidja tribal groups from the south-west Darwin region and the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory. Tom served about 45 years in the Australian public sector with a difference. Some of the notable positions he held in his service were the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner and he served as a senior Australian diplomat in India and Vietnam. Tom has dedicated his life to the cause of human rights and social justice, and empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Analysis of his life and practice shows inspirational contributions and qualities.
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- Indigenous People
- Indigenous Community
- Torres Strait Islander
- Indigenous Health
- Torres Strait Islander People
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Tom Calma ‘Social Justice Report’ https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/social-justice-report-2005-home accessed 14/11/2014.
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The 2030 date was subsequently changed to 2031 to coincide with the scheduled census.
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Information about Just Reinvest NSW is at http://justicereinvestmentnow.net.au/.
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A full list of Tom Calma’s publications and presentations is available at http://ncis.anu.edu.au/_lib/doc/publications_Tom.pdf.
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See point 2 at this link—http://vgac.net/about-us/ It was a defunct body and Tom Calma co-led its resurrection.
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Alexandra, A., Pawar, M. (2017). Empower People to Take Control of Their Own Lives—Tom Calma, AO. In: Pawar, M., Hugman, R., Alexandra, A., Anscombe, A. (eds) Empowering Social Workers. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3809-9_4
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