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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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Other notable speakers and presenters 

The event involved a range of notable guest speakers and presenters, including ... The Hon. (Richard) George Richard Torbay, MP - NSW Parliament, Father Chris Riley - Youth Off The Streets, Anne Henderson - Deputy Director, The Sydney Institute, Rev. Bill Crews - The Exodus Foundation, Virginia Haussegger - ABC TV News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Anders Sorman-Nilsson - Founder of Thinque, Paul Slezak - Founder of 2 dots, The Hon. Bob Carr - former Premier of New South Wales, Professor Ross Milbourne - Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Technology, Sydney, Todd Sampson - CEO, Leo Burnett, Miranda Devine- Journalist and writer, The Sydney Morning Herald, Michelle Deshong - Director, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre, Airlie Bell - Careers Counselor, Student Assist at University of New England, Dr James Arvanitakis - lecturer in Humanities, University of Western Sydney, Sara Rasmussen - Organisational Psychologist & Manager Workforce Development, Qantas.