Reconciliation WA

02/06/2026

Introducing our National Reconciliation Week 2026 Mini Podcast Series: All In Conversations.

Across National Reconciliation Week, we’re sharing three powerful episodes featuring leaders whose voices, stories, and courage continue to shape our shared journey.

Each episode invites you to listen deeply as we explore lived experiences, insights, and what going All In means for reconciliation in 2026.

🎧 Episodes now live:

June Oscar – Voice of Change - https://youtu.be/AcnG-TRhFoY

Nyima Tucker – Nyima on the Rise - https://youtu.be/Tuned0xEWF0

Frank Mitchell – Australian “Local” Hero - https://youtu.be/eOIlxeNoDek

Walk with us, learn with us, and join the movement!

In conversation with Frank Mitchell, journey with us as we explore their experiences, insights, and what going All In means for reconciliation in 2026.Frank ...

29/05/2026

Reconciliation Memoirs with June Oscar in conversation with Victoria Laurie

June Oscar’s memoir speaks to a lifelong commitment to her people, her Country and the pursuit of justice. A proud Bunuba leader, her work, both in her Kimberley community and nationally, has helped shape the lives of many, particularly First Nations women and girls whose voices she continues to elevate.

Her leadership, grounded in care, responsibility and collective wellbeing, is a powerful reminder of what it means to know your truth and lead with authenticity.

We are honoured to have shared this important conversation.

▶️ Watch the full event: https://vimeo.com/1194604413?fl=ip&fe=ec

This project has been supported by Wesfarmers.

June Oscar's memoirs are available to purchase at the Reconciliation Merchandise Store: https://lnkd.in/gAh9_E76

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28/05/2026

Reconciliation Australia put the call out for choirs to be ‘All In’ for Voices for Reconciliation 2026 by singing Midnight Oil's classic anthem ‘Beds Are Burning’.

Over 700 choirs answered that call for National Reconciliation Week 2026!

We have loved watching music bring our nation together.

28/05/2026

The Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait Islander flag was designed by the late Bernard Namok of Waiben/Thursday Island.

📌 Learn more about the Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait Islander flag: https://www.reconciliation.org.au/reconciliation/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-flags/

The Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait Islander flag was designed by the late Bernard Namok of Waiben/Thursday Island.

The flag was recognised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in June 1992 and has had equal prominence with the Aboriginal flag for more than 30 years as an official flag of Australia under Commonwealth legislation.

The meaning of the Torres Strait Islander flag is represented through:
🟩 Green: Land
🟦 Blue: Sea
⬜ White: Peace
⬛ Black: The Torres Strait Islander peoples

At the centre of the Torres Strait Islander flag is a dhari (headdress) that represents the Torres Strait Islander peoples, and a five-pointed star that represents the five major island groups, and the role of navigation in this sea-faring culture.

📌 Learn more about the Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait Islander flag: https://www.reconciliation.org.au/reconciliation/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-flags/

28/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended the NRW Breakfasts in Boorloo (Perth), Kinjarling (Albany), Nyiyaparli Country (Newman), and as Online Watch Parties. If you were unable to view the live broadcast yesterday morning, you can watch it on SBS On Demand:
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/reconciliation-wa-breakfast-2026/2499055683684

Listen to the Reconciliation Choir perform Beds are Burning in Noongar language in the comments below❤️

Reconciliation Australia

28/05/2026

Join us tonight live!

Join us online for an evening of truth telling, leadership, and deep reflection as we welcome June Oscar AO to the Reconciliation Memoirs stage.

Bunuba woman and lifelong justice advocate June Oscar AO spoke with National Indigenous Times this week, reflecting on her life’s work, her memoir, and the journey ahead:

“The opportunity I saw was to bring the voices of the countless women that have influenced and shaped my life and my thinking, and to have them present, and to remember and honour them.”

🕔 Live stream: today, 5.15pm – 8.00pm
🔗 Register now: https://events.humanitix.com/national-reconciliation-week-memiors-online-june-oscar-ao

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26/05/2026

Update: If you missed the live broadcast of the NRW Breakfast in Boorloo, you can watch it on SBS Catch Up here:
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/reconciliation-wa-breakfast-2026/2499055683684
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Are you planning to tune in to the livestream of the National Reconciliation Week Boorloo Breakfast broadcast tomorrow morning? Here are the different ways you can view it LIVE:

🔗Via a web link:
- Sign up for an account with SBS or NITV and log in. You can do so here https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/
- Head to this URL: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/watch/1726825539597

🖥Via SBS on Demand on your smart TV:
- Sign up for an account with SBS or NITV and log in. You can do so here https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/
- Scroll to 'Featured Live Channels' and select NITV

📺Via NITV on regular TV
- Go to Channel 34
- The guide will show you that at 9 am WA time, the NRW Boorloo Breakfast will broadcast

The livestream will commence at 9 am, so be sure to have created and logged into your account before then if you are joining us via weblink or on your smart TV.

💫See you tomorrow morning as we go All In for reconciliation!💫

(If you plan to watch the event at a later time, it will become available on SBS On Demand at around midday. You will need to create and log in to an account to view it)

26/05/2026

Go All In for NRW 2026🖤💛❤️
Our National Reconciliation Week 2026 Event Guide & Digital Kit is here, packed with everything you need to plan, promote and participate.

👉Event details & key info
👉Branding, templates & resources
👉Messaging to support meaningful action

Plus, explore our dedicated resources for educators to bring reconciliation into classrooms.

Get started:

Event Guide -
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/khq3trc0zbslwh7901vnc/NRW2026-All-In-Event-Guide_RWA.pdf?rlkey=rp1b1qcpyoz691ybbqock5db4&st=pa88u5d1&dl=0

Digital Kit - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/vjh3dgrhiyfbg6kan0x1y/AJHnZZkRoagZHzHAnh_mSSg?rlkey=7g2or46lrgqmfdksr4pcjsufu&st=o05r2il3&dl=0

26/05/2026

From Sunday 25 May, you can access extensive multiplatform and multilingual coverage across SBS, NITV and SBS On Demand.
Aligned with this year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, ‘All In’, the programming calls on all Australians to engage, reflect and take meaningful action through shared responsibility and collective effort.
📺 See the lineup: https://bit.ly/4tMy83h

SBS Australia will deliver a network-wide offering with NITV at its heart, presenting a curated slate of powerful First Nations storytelling.

From Sunday 25 May, you can access extensive multiplatform and multilingual coverage across SBS, NITV and SBS On Demand.

Aligned with this year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, ‘All In’, the programming calls on all Australians to engage, reflect and take meaningful action through shared responsibility and collective effort.

📺 See the lineup: https://bit.ly/4tMy83h

📷via SBS/NITV

26/05/2026

Warning: This image and video link may contain images/voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons.

Today is National Sorry Day, a day when we pause to reflect on the grief, trauma, and loss of culture suffered by the Stolen Generation and their families.

“Children removed were denied their language and their culture.”

It is estimated that at least 1 in 10, up to 1 in 3, children were removed from their communities. The National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Family found that there is not one Aboriginal community in Australia today that the separation policy has not scarred – if not in this generation, then in former generations.

“This is not ancient history. It is about today’s reality of suffering.”

After hearing and reading over 500 stories, the Commission’s findings were published in the Bringing Them Home report in April 1997. It detailed the laws, policies and practices that allowed children to be taken from their families - and included many case studies that contest the claim made by many non-Indigenous Australians that the removal of children was 'in their own interests'.

To help people understand how the assimilation policy caused not just first-hand, but intergenerational trauma, this powerful documentary was produced:
🎥 https://youtu.be/Sl82VMuuKI0?si=epwFp1ysf1CWSdGw
Please watch and share it this National Sorry Day.

📷Image: Moore River Native Settlement ca 1930 (State Library of Western Australia item 5288D/20)
🎥Video: Australian Human Rights Commission