Dwayne Coulthard

Proud #Adnyamathanha & #Kokatha man. Tweets are my own views.

[Dwayne Coulthard @DwayneCoulthard]

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[Dwayne Coulthard @DwayneCoulthard]

Honoured to hear from Dr Westerman today about her amazing work.

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

Okay after last week & smashing out three keynotes across Newcastle & Brisbane I decided to really go beyond my capacity today and deliver 3 keynotes in ONE day-why? Because it was to the Federal Family Court!
Here’s what it looked like!

Session 1: Indigenous Family Liaison Officers
Session Title: Strategies in Cultural Safety

Session 2 – FCFCOA Family Law Judges
Session Title: Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in the context of family breakdown & complex racial trauma & attachment

Session 3 – Attendees at National Family Law Plenary 2024, namely Registrars, Court Child Experts, Triage Counsellors and Indigenous Family Liaison Officers
I even got a random pic of my last audience of around 400!

Now on a plane back to Perth!

Exhausted!!!!

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

The exclusion of my unique psychometric tests (https://t.co/Y6owO8gxqI) which are the only culturally co-designed and clinically validated tools in the country is more devastating than even I realised. This is what it means:
1. We have ZERO opportunity for prevention – most Aboriginal people are in systems due to complex trauma and attachment – but we currently have NO method of identifying this.
2. this means that we cannot target unique risk factors in treatment
3. We cannot design unique prevention programs around these risk factors - this is across suicide prevention, child removals, incarceration
- all of these issues are driven causally by complex trauma (often in parents - we cannot address this as there is NO culturally valid tools that are capable of identifying and measuring treatment impacts).
WE are not gathering ANY data on program outcome or making govts accountable for what they are funding.
The most important issue is that early intervention into high-risk families is not possible.
WE cannot identify REGIONS that carry the burden of these issues because we cannot GEOMAP risk exposure and respond to it.
These tests have been consistently and deliberately excluded across every single review into "best practice" into Indigenous suicide prevention and mental health. The result of which is that I have had to personally fund their validation and roll out into high risk communities.

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

I want to acknowledge the cultural knowledge holders throughout this entire country.
Those who have always understood what their communities need & what works.
But like me-are too accustomed to the systems that created the harm choosing not to listen-to exclude, demean & diminish the contribution and outcomes.
Thank you for your contribution to our highest risk communities.
Outcomes would be significantly worse without your efforts.

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

The 30-Year Success Story of Norway's Indigenous Voice to Parliament https://t.co/Xlw1gWQTWs

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

Not the first time I’ve been called a “white woman” - perhaps my 25 yrs of clinical expertise in Indigenous trauma may offer some insight. But apparently the colour of my skin discounts all of that expertise.
A daily attack of being “white” is what I’ve become very used to.
Bring it on…

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OUR NEW AD IS LIVE!

You’re the Voice that will make history.

On 14 October, we know we all can stand together with the power to be powerful.

#HistoryIsCalling, so #VoteYes. Are you in? John Farnham is.

#UluruStatement #StayTrue2Uluru #YoureTheVoice #VoteYes

[Bunbajee 💔💛🖤 @Bunbajee]

Sincere #Voice at a Price?
Both Jacinta & her mother (former NT minister) Bess Nungurrayi unwaveringly support the 2007 billion$ NT Intervention to supposedly save Aboriginal women+children. How effective/ineffective were the strategies/programs? Are the issues worse?

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Stay tuned on our socials later tonight for the official launch! #ulurustatement #voice #yourethevoice

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Today we launch our new ad in partnership with John Farnham AO. Using the nation’s unofficial anthem You’re the Voice as the backing track, Farnham lends his voice to the Voice to support the YES vote. (1/2)

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The Voice is about our communities being able to speak for themselves. For too long others have spoken on our behalf and made decisions without us. It’s time that changed. #VoteYes #VoiceToParliament #HistoryIsCalling

[Mamawipawin @Mamawipawin]

Reposting the Mamawipawin thread debunking DETAIL myths in its entirety. We hope that thoughts from Canada can help bring clarity and informed decisions this upcoming #Voice2023 #VoiceToParliament #auspol #VoteYes23 #VoteNO23Australia on Thread Reader App https://t.co/KeYWZELB3B

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For Jimmy Barnes it’s just that simple - believing in a fair go. Look at the facts, make up your mind - but Jimmy is voting Yes! #VoteYes #VoiceToParliament #HistoryIsCalling

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The Voice is by the community for the community. Elders on Palm Island were recently featured regarding their strong support & need for the Voice. As Vern Daisy has highlighted “we need a voice to speak for us!” #VoteYes #VoiceToParliament #HistoryIsCalling

[Dwayne Coulthard @DwayneCoulthard]

It’s about our peoples. From all points of the southern sky, we came together to deliver the #UluruStatement. Over 250 delegates representing more than 1,200 participants in the Regional Dialogues. We gathered to invite ALL Australians on a journey for a better future! #VoteYes