About This Event
Multicultural Australia, in partnership with the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, is excited to be hosting Changing the Conversation, a series of thought-provoking discussions exploring key issues in our increasingly multicultural society.
Bringing together thought leaders from academia, government, business, and the community to engage in robust discussions about multiculturalism in the Australian context, the series explores issues of who and where we are as a nation and what we need to do to create a society that better reflects and cares for all its people.
In the year of the referendum on a First Nations voice in parliament, it’s important that we are well informed.
Hear from thought leaders from across our society about the Uluru Statement from the Heart and what it means for the many voices who are part of today’s Australia, at our first Changing the Conversation event of 2023.
We look forward to you engaging with this conversation.
Who are the speakers?
John Paul Janke - Facilitator
Mick Gooda – Panelist
Dr Shireen Morris – Panelist
Callum Ah Chee – Panelist
John Paul Janke - Facilitator
John Paul Janke is from Wuthathi Country on Eastern Cape York Peninsula and from Mer (Murray) Island in the Torres Strait. He is the co-owner of Rork Projects, a national Indigenous construction company servicing the corporate and government sectors. He is also the Deputy Chair of the Indigenous Reference Group and Co-Chair of the National NAIDOC Committee.
Mick Gooda - Panelist
A proud Gangulu man, Mick Gooda is an Aboriginal Australian public servant. He has served as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights Commission from 2009 to 2016 and as Co-Commissioner of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory from 2016 to 2017. He is a strong advocate for the rights of First Nations Australians and works to promote respect and understanding of the rights of his community in the broader community.
Dr Shireen Morris - Panelist
An academic with research expertise in Indigenous constitutional recognition, Shireeen Morris has also published research on constitutional law and reform, and public law focused on a First Nations constitutional First Nations voice in Australia. She is passionate about issues of free speech, Australian republicanism, monetary sovereignty and the challenges of political polarisation in our cultural context. Shireen completed her PhD at Monash University, exploring Indigenous constitutional recognition through a First Nations constitutional voice – now published as a book, A First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution.
Callum Ah Chee - Panelist
An Australian rules footballer, Callum Ah Chee is a proud Nyoongar, Nyikina and Yawuru man who plays for the Brisbane Lions. Callum initially played basketball in his youth before picking up Australian rules football. He is a strong advocate for equity and publicly condemns racism in our society.
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