For the latest news go to the ANTaR Qld FaceBook Page and see our Coming Events page for some activities in the Greater Brisbane area.

So many NAIDOC events coming up!

See also NAIDOC Events at NAIDOC.ORG.AU

And some more Greater Brisbane Events:

INALA – NAIDOC 4077 (2025) LAUNCH
Date: Friday 4 July (10am to 12pm)

• BRISBANE CITY – Yaggara Kakka NAIDOC 2025
  Date: Sunday 6 July 2025 Time: 10am – 6pm Location: City Botanic Gardens 147 Alice Street Brisbane City

• CLEVELAND – Redlands Coast NAIDOC Cultural Celebration 2025  
  Date: Sunday 6 July 2025 Time: 9am – 2pm Location: Raby Bay Harbour Park, Shore Street West, Cleveland

• KINGSTON – NAIDOC 2025 – Family Fun Day
  Date: Tuesday, July 8 · 9am – 4pm AEST, Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct
• INALA – NAIDOC 4077 (2025) FAMILY FUN DAY
  Date: Wednesday 9 July (10am to 2pm) West Inala Football Club (CJ Greenfield ComplEx, Freeman Road, Inala)
• TAIGUM – Northside NAIDOC – Community Fun Day
  Date: Thursday 10 July (10am to 3pm) (Koobara Kindy 421 Beams Road TAIGUM)
• SOUTH BRISBANE – Musgrave Park Family Fun Day
  Date: Friday, July 11 (9am to 5pm)
• MANLY – WINNAM NAIDOC Community Festival
  Date: Sunday 13 July ( 10am to 2pm) George Clayton Park 298 The Esplanade Manly Qld
• ACACIA RIDGE – NAIDOC – The Next Generation – Strength, Vision & Legacy
  Date: Fri, 18 Jul, 2025 at 10:00 am to 02:00 pm (AEST)
  The Murri School 1277 Beaudesert Rd, Foote St Entry, QLD Acacia Ridge QLD 4110

And COMING UP:

• MOB23 – NAIDOC CELEBRATION
  Date: 27 July 2025 at Brigalow Country Music Club, 297 Logan Street, Eagleby QLD 4207 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Victoria’s Yoorrook Commission delivers on historic mandate through final reports, calling for recommendations to be implemented in full and truth-telling to continue The Yoorrook Justice Commission has delivered its two final reports to the Governor of Victoria, Margaret Gardner AC, and the Co-Chairs of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, Ngarra Murray and Rueben Berg. The delivery of these final reports represents the final formal duties of Yoorrook’s Commissioners. It completes the Commission’s mandate under its Letters Patent and Terms of Reference. The Victorian Government is expected to table these reports within Parliament during the coming month, at which time they will become publicly available. The Yoorrook Justice Commission’s term will formally come to an end on 30 June 2025. Yoorrook’s two final reports are: Yoorrook for Transformation – Yoorrook’s third and final interim report containing 100 recommendations over five volumes. Yoorrook Truth Be Told – an Official Public Record that includes a detailed account of the history of Victoria since the start of colonisation as told by First Peoples to Yoorrook. It also contains the story of the Commission from its earliest days to its conclusion, including key moments from its hearings with First Peoples, Government Ministers and other organisations. Since Yoorrook was established in May 2021, it has: Held 67 days of public hearings with more than 200 witnesses Received evidence from more than 2,000 people including 1,500 First Peoples Received more than 1,300 submissions Engaged with more than 9,000 First Peoples Received around 10,000 documents from the State Held or been part of more than 400 community events Gathered evidence including through on-Country visits, roundtable hearings and visits to prisons and sites of cultural, historical and environmental significance Delivered a public education campaign – ‘First the talk. Now the walk.’ – elevating the truths shared by First Peoples, including display at key Victorian cultural institutions. Completed the 500km Walk for Truth from Portland to Parliament joined by more than 14,000 people. Made 148 recommendations for change across three interim reports. Held final events including a public celebration at Federation Square. Yoorrook has also developed an Official Public Record comprising a website, digital repository and physical artefacts collection. Yoorrook web site: www.yoorrook.org.au

Reconciliation Australia’s song this year is Shane Howard and Goanna’s iconic Solid Rock

For National Reconciliation Week 2025, Reconciliation Australia called on choirs across the country to raise their Voices for Reconciliation once again. The song this year was Shane Howard and Goanna’s iconic Solid Rock, and the response was incredible. Here is just a few of the choirs we heard from. Reconciliation Australia thanks Shane Howard, Goanna Arts and Mushroom Music Publishing for their support of Voices for Reconciliation.

See a video of a collection of choirs HERE

Also a very good version by SING ON THE BALAN HERE

For coming event details see our Facebook Page and
ANTaR Qld’s website calendar at: https://antarqld.org.au/events/

See the ABC Four Corners programme on the Victoria’s Yoorrook Commission:

Australia’s first ever truth-telling commission uncovers our hidden history.

Bridget Brennan examines how we as a nation reckon with our colonial past and take critical steps towards truth, healing and justice.

Four Corners: Yoorrook Truth Telling Commission

See the excellent article on Closing the Gap in the National Indigenous Times:

https://nit.com.au/20-03-2025/16917/peak-bodies-join-call-for-action-on-close-the-gap-day

Supporting Justice and Solidarity – Your Continued Support Matters

At ANTaR QLD, we believe that standing with First Peoples in their pursuit of justice and equality does not only mean working to change institutional policies and practices. It’s also about responding together to the suffering that often results from injustice and inequality. True relationship means not only reaching out and offering support, but also celebrating the connections we share.

Given the current challenges posed by the cost of living, it is more important than ever to come together in solidarity and support one another.

In this spirit, ANTaR QLD has been offering direct support and collaborating with other organisations to make a broader impact. We’ve been actively reaching out to community members, linking with other organisations, supporting Sorry Business, preparing meals, assisting with food drops, distributing fresh food, and helping distribute over 120 Christmas hampers with MOB 23.

We also continue to work to support institutional change, for example, around youth incarceration and keeping young people out of the prison system, and to increase knowledge and understanding of First Nations peoples’ culture, history and contemporary circumstances through holding or supporting events, the Sea of Hands, and engaging with the school system.

Your support for ANTaR QLD will enable us to continue this work. Since we are now a registered charity any donation over $2 that you give is tax-deductible.

Donating and or updating your membership is now very easy. Simply click on Support Our Work and update membership and / or donate.