Gari Yala: the truth about work for First Nations Australians

Recently the University of Technology Sydney's Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research, the UTS Business School and the Diversity Council Australia (DCA) announced that they will partner on a new Gari Yala report, due to be released in 2025. Gari Yala means 'speak the truth' in the Wiradjuri language. The Gari Yala report aims to detail the lived experience of First Nations Australians at work. It also aims to make recommendations to create culturally safe workplaces free of racism, discrimination and bias. Host Veronika Aleshina and a guest panel of experts discuss cultural safety, the psychosocial impact of racism, and identity strain. Conceiver of the Gari Yala Report Professor Nareen Young, Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) at UTS and Professor for Indigenous Policy at the UTS Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research; Trent Wallace, Head of First Nations Strategy at Ashurst; and Nikolai Haddad, Managing Solicitor of Employment and Discrimination Law Unit of the Aboriginal Legal Service.