- Liam ___________________________ . In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse http://itsoch.hypermart.net KOLA Action Group http://kola-hq.hypermart.net Journey of Healing http://www.journeyofhealing.com .___________________________ -----Original Message----- From: WebCentral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 9:57 AM Subject: [atsic] Speech: By ATSIC Chairman on Family Violence at the Launch of 'Healing our Families'- Laura Dance Festival > > >LAUNCH OF HEALING OUR FAMILIES >APUNIPIMA CAPE YORK HEALTH COUNCIL'S >FAMILY VIOLENCE ADVOCACY PROJECT >LAURA DANCE FESTIVAL >JUNE 20, 1999 > > > > >I THANK YOU FORE THE INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LAUNCH OF THIS VITAL >PROJECT. > >AS IS MY CUSTOM I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE WESTERN YALANGI AS >TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF THIS REGION AND THE ANG-GNARRA PEOPLE AS CUSTODIANS OF >LAND IN THE LAURA AREA. > >I THANK THEM FOR ALLOWING ME TO VISIT AND SPEAK ON THEIR COUNTRY. > >LET ME BE BLUNT. > >THIS LAUNCH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY I WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS >WEEKEND. > >IT IS THE ONE THAT GIVES ME THE LEAST PLEASURE. > >FAMILY VIOLENCE IS A SCOURGE. > >IT IS A BLIGHT ON OUR COMMUNITIES, AS IT IS ON NON-INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. > >THERE SHOULD BE NO NEED FOR THIS PROJECT. > >SADLY, THE NEED IS ALL TOO CLEAR TO EVERYONE WHO KNOWS THE TERRIBLE PRICE >BEING PAID FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE >THANKFULLY MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW PREPARED TO SPEAK OUT. > >THIS TAKES IMMENSE COURAGE. > >IT WAS EVIDENT IN THOSE WHO CHOSE TO SPEAK OUT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION LAST >WEEK. > >I APPLAUD THEM. > >THEY AND THEIR COMMUNITIES NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET IN DEALING WITH >ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO FAMILY VIOLENCE. > >FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT'S ARE REALISING THAT MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE >DONE. > >I CAN ASSURE YOU ATSIC IS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO, PLAY ITS PART. > >EVERY POLICY AND PROGRAMME WE PURSUE IS DEDICATED TO ADRESSING THE >UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THIS PROBLEM. > >THE COMMISSION IS THE FUNDING SOURCE OF >THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE ALSO RECOGNISE THE NEED FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. > >AS YOU ARE AWARE THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ENDORSED THE PARTNERSHIPS >AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVE IN NOVEMBER 1997. > >THE COMMONWEALTH COMMITTED $25 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS TO THE PROJECT---AND >ATSIC RECEIVED $1.3 MILLION. > >THE COMMONWEALTH HAS JUST ANNOUNCED A SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING OF $25 >MILLION. > >THE COMMISSION WILL BACK THE MINISTER FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT >ISLANDER AFFAIRS, SENATOR HERRON, TO THE HILT IN SEEKING TO HAVE AS MUCH OF >THIS FUNDING AS POSSIBLE DIVERTED TO OUR COMMUNITIES. > >IT IS CLEAR FROM RECENT STATEMENT THAT HIS MINISTERIAL COLLEAGUE, SENATOR >NEWMAN UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. > >THE SAD REALITY IS THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE TWELVE TO FIFTEEN TIMES MORE LIKELY >TO BE INJURED FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE THAN OTHER AUSTRALIANS. > >WE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE PARTNERSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENT AND OUR COMMUNITIES >IN TACKLING THESE ISSUES. > >THIS PROJECT IS AN INITIATIVE OF APUNIPIMA, AND, IF SUCCESSFUL, WILL BECOME >A MODEL FOR OTHER REMOTE COMMUNITIES. >I WISH YOU EVERY SUCCESS.....THE REST OF AUSTRALIA IS WATCHING. > > > > >Craig Sproule >Craig Sproule >Office of Public Affairs >Ph: 02 6289 3450 >Fax: 02 6282 2854 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
