Healing from the heart

<p><strong>This week on <em>Policy Forum Pod, </em>Virginia Marshall joins us to discuss the Uluru Statement from the Heart and Australia’s pathway towards healing.&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p>How can Australia place kindness and care at the centre of its policy-making? What do First Nations’ knowledge systems tell us about protecting the land, waterways, and environment? And can implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart spark the truth-telling and healing Australia needs? On this episode of <em>Policy Forum Pod, </em>Dr Virginia Marshall joins us to discuss the future of First Nations’ policy and Australia’s journey to a fuller expression of its nationhood.</p><br><p><strong>Virginia Marshall</strong> is the Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Regulation and Global Governance and the Fenner School of Environment and Society. She is also a lawyer and solicitor and has been a regular guest and occasional host of <em>Policy Forum Pod</em> and <em>Democracy Sausage.&nbsp;</em></p><br><p><strong>Sharon Bessell </strong>is Professor of Public Policy and Director of both the Children’s Policy Centre and the Poverty and Inequality Research Centre at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy.</p><br><p><strong>Arnagretta Hunter </strong>is the Human Futures Fellow at ANU College of Health and Medicine, a cardiologist, physician, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at ANU Medical School.</p><br><p><strong>Show notes</strong> | The following were mentioned during this episode:</p><br><p><a href="https://www.policyforum.net/resource/australian-species-on-the-brink/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Australian species on the brink</a>,&nbsp;<em>Policy Forum Pod, </em>(2022)&nbsp;</p><br><p><a href="https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice/publications/close-gap-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Close the Gap</a>,&nbsp;<em>Australian Human Rights Commission, </em>(2022)</p><br><p><a href="https://www.policyforum.net/resource/food-water-and-e