Reconciliation Today: Panellist Profiles

Following on from the previous Blog post- here are the profiles for our very special panellists!

Nayuka Gorrie

Nayuka Gorrie is a Gunai/Kurnai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri, and Yorta Yorta woman. Nayuka works for Doxa as an Aboriginal Engagement Consultant. She is extremely passionate about Aboriginal and women’s rights, and young people having a say on what matters to them. Nayuka is also involved in a range of social and environmental causes both locally and nationally.

Sara Hudson

Sara Hudson is a Research Fellow in the Indigenous Affairs Research Program at the Centre of Independent Studies (CIS). She has contributed greatly to the discussion around indigenous policy writing a chapter in ‘In Black & White: Australians All at the Crossroads’ and a number of research papers on Justice Reinvestment, Aboriginal Health Worker training, Alcohol restrictions in Indigenous communities and Indigenous Health. Additionally, she has written a number of articles for ‘The Drum’ tackling issues such as literacy issues within culturally separate careers and policy surrounding Indigenous businesses.

She is currently focusing on improving economic outcomes achieved by the funding of indigenous programs focusing on facilitating partnerships between non-Indigenous and Indigenous Australians.

Nicole Watson

Nicole Watson was appointed to the faculty of law at the University of Sydney in 2016 and is a member of the Birri-Gubba People and the Yugambeh language group. She has worked for Legal Aid in Queensland, the Native Title Tribunal, the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency.

She is most well known for her award-winning book ‘The Boundary’ which provided extensive social commentary around issues of corruption, non-action from the media and racism within politics and the public service regarding the rights and liberties of Indigenous Australians.Since the release of her book, she has been recognised for her literary contributions within the topics of Indigenous literature and Indigenous people and the Law receiving the Victorian Premier’s Literary Prize for Indigenous Writing (Short List) in 2012 and the Black and Write: Indigenous Literary Fellowship, State Library of Queensland (Highly Commended) 2015.