Aboriginal Matters
Calendar 2011
Every year the Equal Opportunity Commission publishes a calendar featuring aspects
of the Aboriginal community and culture. In 2011, the calendar depicts the artwork of
Mitchell Whyte, student at the Narrogin Senior High, as part of their Working Together,
Reconciliation program. You can read about this program in our newsletter
Discrimination Matters
View the Aboriginal Calendar - 2011.
You can order copies of the calender here, or contact us if you would like us to send you
copies of the calendar, or you can print it off from this website.
Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)
The Commission launched its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in November 2009.
The RAP turns “good intentions into action” by encouraging and supporting organisations to engage in the national effort to close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and other Australians.
The EOC envisions Australia as a nation that recognises and respects Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples as the original inhabitants and custodians of the land and seas; where its citizens work together to eliminate disadvantage, discrimination and injustice.
The RAP includes specific actions and targets designed to foster the Commission’s relationship with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and bring about a better way of delivering our services. The Commission's RAP also seeks to establish a process for consulting with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders in relation to Commission activities and projects. (pdf) (Word)
The Commission's RAP is displayed in a poster in our foyer
which welcomes all of our clients. (pdf)
Publications
Discrimination - You don't have to put up with it (pdf) (Word)
PSC Guide to sections 50(d) and 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (pdf) (Word)
Race discrimination (pdf) (Word)
Racial harassment (pdf) (Word)
Indigenous interpreting service: Is there a need? (pdf)
Finding a place: an investigation into discrimination against Aboriginal people in public housing in Western Australia. Read more about this investigation here.
Some interesting web sites
Aboriginal education - the WA Department of Education Aboriginal portal
Department of Indigenous Affairs WA
NAIDOC
Reconciliation Australia
Youmeunity the expert panel recommending change to the Consitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait people
Unfinished OZ - Join Unfinished OZ to pledge your support along with everyday Australians for Reconciliation