First Nations people need culturally and physically safe healthcare, and the best way to ensure this, is to maintain a … More
Author: Carissa Lee Godwin
First Peoples and Public Policy Specialist Editor
Self determination needed for effective First Nations Peoples’ response to family violence
Many First Nations people continue to have connections to their respective laws, cultures and identities. Family violence in First Nations … More
Making retirement accessible for First Nations People
As the latest Closing the Gap Report has highlighted, First Nations people face multiple barriers in their lives, including more health and … More
After the bushfires: The absence of First Nations’ voices
Although there is a broader interest in the value of First Nations’ cultural burning for bushfire prevention, there have been … More
Providing community-based pandemic healthcare for First Nations
Aboriginal-led health organisations are working to ensure First Nations communities’ health needs are being met during the COVID-19 pandemic. Carissa … More
Closing the Gap: A new partnership
The latest Closing the Gap Report shows that only two out of seven targets to improve Indigenous employment, health and … More
Garma 2019 Report: Including First Nations in future policies
The Garma 2019 Report urgently calls for First Nations people to be included in the Australian Government’s decisions affecting land, climate change … More
Keeping First Nations families together
Carissa Lee Godwin, Editor of APO’s First Peoples & Public Policy Collection, explores the new Family Matters report, produced by the Secretariat … More
Making Indigenous voices heard in climate change debate
Carissa Lee Godwin, Editor, APO’s First Peoples & Public Policy Collection, highlights the main findings from a United Nations (UN) report … More
Experiences of the cashless debit card from First Peoples of Ceduna
Carissa Lee Godwin, Editor, APO’s First Peoples & Public Policy Collection, presents key findings from a paper on the Federal Government’s … More
