Tips for holding a COVIDSafe NAIDOC Week event
Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be a concern for communities around Australia.
This NAIDOC Week, let’s keep our mob safe by making sure our events and celebrations are held in a COVIDSafe way.
Check your State and Territory website
All States and territories have public health measures in place to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the community.
If you are holding a large-scale event, you may need to work with the authorities in your state or territory and submit a COVIDSafe Event plan.
Maggie-Jean Douglas wins 2021 National NAIDOC Poster Competition
Gubbi Gubbi artist Maggie-Jean Douglas has won the 2021 National NAIDOC Poster competition from a record 260 entries.
Maggie-Jean describes herself as ‘a proud murri’. Her mob is Gubbi Gubbi from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland though she grew up on Goreng Goreng Country and has been living on Ngunnawal Country for the past three years.
Maggie-Jean has always ‘had an appreciation for anything that involved creating’ and her earliest memories of being inspired by art came from her Aunty’s artworks.
Gubbi Gubbi artist wins coveted NAIDOC Poster competition
2020 NAIDOC Poster Winner honoured
2020 NAIDOC Week poster competition winner Tyrown Waigana was recently presented with a framed version of his poster design by Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt MP in small ceremony in Perth.
The framed version of the poster is traditionally presented to the winner of the NAIDOC Week poster competition during the National NAIDOC Awards. This presentation did not go ahead in 2020 due to the event's cancellation.
Shannan Dodson elected as NAIDOC Co-Chair
The National NAIDOC Committee (NNC) has elected Yawuru woman Shannan Dodson as its new Co-Chair.
Ms Dodson succeeds Patricia Thompson who has stepped down from the Co-Chair role because of family commitments.
Born in Katherine in the Northern Territory and currently living in Sydney, Ms Dodson has worked in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs for over 16 years and a strategic communications and engagement specialist.
Tuahine joins National NAIDOC
First Nations media veteran Michelle Tuahine has been appointed to the National NAIDOC Committee (NNC).
Ms Tuahine is a proud descendant of the Gangulu people of Central Queensland and Ngāti Kahungunu iwi of New Zealand’s North Island.
A veteran of Indigenous media, Ms Tuahine brings to the committee strong journalistic skills, having worked in the 1990s with ABC Television and in the mid-2000s with NITV, SBS and the National Indigenous Radio Service.
National NAIDOC Awards in Alice Springs to kickstart a week of celebration
Nominations extended for 2021 NAIDOC Awards
Nominations for the 2021 National NAIDOC Awards have been extended until 5pm AEDT, Monday 29 March 2021.
The National NAIDOC awards recognise the outstanding contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
This year’s ceremony will include the 2020 and 2021 awards due to the cancellation of the 2020 awards last year.
National NAIDOC 2021 Poster Competition and Award nominations
2021 NAIDOC Week theme announced: Heal Country!
Tyrown Waigana – Winner of the 2020 NAIDOC Poster Competition
NAIDOC Week 2020 brings different opportunities to connect and celebrate
Statement from the National NAIDOC Committee
Regardless of when it is celebrated NAIDOC Week is an event of national importance for all Australians.
A week borne from a day of protest, NAIDOC Week each year reminds us of the ongoing aspirations of our communities as they continue the movement towards justice and equality.