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Empower People to Take Control of Their Own Lives—Tom Calma, AO

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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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  1. 1.

    See https://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/media-releases/commission-welcomes-appointment-new-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social.

  2. 2.

    http://iaha.com.au/events/2014-indigenous-allied-health-awards/ and http://www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/media/monitor/2014/february/20-new-chancellor.

  3. 3.

    http://pochehealth.edu.au.

  4. 4.

    http://w3.unisa.edu.au/alumni/AlumniAwards/Alumni-awards.asp and https://www.google.com.au/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Sidney+Sax+Public+Health+Medal+%2B+Tom.

  5. 5.

    https://au.usembassy.gov/ambassador-berrys-remarks-u-s-independence-day-canberra-2016/.

  6. 6.

    http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/news/university-of-melbourne-to-lead-20-year-leadership-program-to-tackle-social-inequality.

  7. 7.

    Tom Calma http://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/speeches/people-power-force-country-celebrating-5th-anniversary-close-gap-campaign-aboriginal.

  8. 8.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFHBMi7_9Fw&feature=share.

  9. 9.

    Tom Calma ‘Social Justice Report’ https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/social-justice-report-2005-home accessed 14/11/2014.

  10. 10.

    See file://www.Volumes/TSB%20USB%20DRV/Socialworkproject/What.%20is%20the%20history%20of%20Closing%20the%20gap%3F%20%C2%AB%20Key%20facts%20%C2%AB%20Closing%20the%20gap%20%C2%AB%20Australian%20Indigenous%20HealthInfoNet.html accessed 15/11/2014.

  11. 11.

    https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice/projects/close-gap-indigenous-health and https://www.oxfam.org.au/what-we-do/indigenous-australia/close-the-gap/.

  12. 12.

    The 2030 date was subsequently changed to 2031 to coincide with the scheduled census.

  13. 13.

    Information about Just Reinvest NSW is at http://justicereinvestmentnow.net.au/.

  14. 14.

    https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/our-future-our-hands-2009.

  15. 15.

    See http://nationalcongress.com.au/.

  16. 16.

    See http://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/social-justice-report-2007-chapter-3-northern-territory-emergency-response-intervention.

  17. 17.

    See https://www.dpmc.gov.au/office-women/secretaries-equality-and-diversity-council.

  18. 18.

    A full list of Tom Calma’s publications and presentations is available at http://ncis.anu.edu.au/_lib/doc/publications_Tom.pdf.

  19. 19.

    See point 2 at this link—http://vgac.net/about-us/ It was a defunct body and Tom Calma co-led its resurrection.

  20. 20.

    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Calma.

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  1. University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Andrew Alexandra

  2. Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia

    Manohar Pawar

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  1. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt Univeristy School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

    Manohar Pawar

  2. School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales School of Social Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Richard Hugman

  3. The University of Melbourne, Dept of Philosophy The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    Andrew Alexandra

  4. Charles Sturt University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

    A. W. (Bill) Anscombe

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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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