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Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - Cairns, QLD

29 July 2026

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Contents updated on 21 Oct 2026

The Chair opens the Cairns racism inquiry hearing, sets parliamentary rules and introduces youth organisation DIYDG, which outlines its First Nations youth-led advocacy model and the impacts of racism on young people’s safety, identity and participation.

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Hearing opening and DIYDG youth-led mandate

17:55

Hearing opening and witness introductions

17:55

DIYDG opening statement — youth-led advocacy and racism impacts

20:08

DIYDG Q&A — racism impacts, mental health and systemic reform

22:58

Q — Smith: ideal racism reporting system; A — DIYDG: youth‑led design

22:58

Q — Thorpe: aspirations and barriers for Aboriginal youth

26:01

Youth mental health, suicide risk and deficit‑based funding

32:58

Online racism, Meta’s moderation and AI bias

38:58

Needed reforms — regulating platforms, amplifying strength-based content

44:43

Structural change asks — anti‑racism, accountability and truth‑telling

52:13

Institutional racism in health — Cairns Hospital experiences

59:22

Panel 2 — disability, LGBTQIA+ intersectionality and education system failures

01:17:48

Panel 2 introductions and opening — disability, LGBTQIA+ and Mob for Mob

01:17:48

NDIS overhaul — inequities for First Nations people with disability

01:31:00

Rainbow mob, sistergirls and brotherboys — gaps in suicide prevention

01:37:13

Youth justice deaths, disability and systemic failure

01:44:52

Community-controlled racism reporting for rainbow mob

01:50:00

Community evidence — sports racism, local institutions and youth justice

02:07:06

North Queensland Land Council and Edmonton Storms exclusion

02:07:06

Broader local racism — child protection, hospital and council practices

02:18:29

Youth justice, policing and loss of grassroots programs

02:30:01

Higher education racism — student experience and regulatory levers

02:49:38

UQ student representative — racism at university and needed reforms

02:49:38

Racism at Uni report, under-reporting and supports on campus

02:58:04

Institutional racism matrix — health sector findings and national implications

03:13:32

Bacall Consultancy — defining and measuring institutional racism

03:13:32

Case study: Cairns Hospital and statewide Queensland health audit

03:25:13

Ongoing structural racism and expanding the matrix nationally

03:45:01

Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - Cairns, QLD

29 July 2026

Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Thu, 30 Jul 2026 Australian Parliament

17:55 - 19:02

Speaker 7

I declare open this public hearing of the joint standing committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs for the inquiry into racism, hate, and violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we meet today, and I pay my respects to their elders, ancestors, past, present. I extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their cultural and spiritual connections to Australia's lands and waters. In accordance with the committee's resolution of 08/06/2025, this hearing will broadcast on the parliament's website, and the proof and official transcripts of proceedings will be published on the inquiry website. I remind members of the media who may be present or listening online of the need to fairly and accurately report the proceedings of the committee.

I now call on representatives from Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good. For the hand side record, would you please state your full names and the capacity in which you appear before the committee? And I might start here and move our way down the table.

19:03 - 19:09

Speaker 15

Yeah. Good morning. Marissa Nona, CEO and cofounder for Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good. Morning.

19:09 - 19:14

Speaker 45

Stacy Ketchel, current chair and cofounder for Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good.

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