Police and Moorundi stand together for reconciliation
SA Police and an Aboriginal community-controlled health service have joined forces for a National Reconciliation Week event in Murray Bridge.
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If reconciliation means building positive relationships, what better way to do it than around a barbie?
That was the idea at a National Reconciliation Week event staged by Indigenous health service Moorundi and SA Police in Murray Bridge on Tuesday.
About 100 people shared snags cooked by students from the Clontarf academy at Murray Bridge High School, on a new barbecue belonging to Moorundi’s Deadly Warriors men’s group.
Among them were police Commissioner Grant Stevens and Murray Bridge Mayor Wayne Thorley.
Moorundi’s Nerylee Aston said it was important to recognise Australia’s history, and to continue the work of bringing the community together.
Sergeant Karen Newman said occasions like Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week were important to SAPOL, which was committed to closing the gap in life outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Besides, Reconciliation Week was something better celebrated together.
The theme for the week this year is “all in”, a call for all Australians to commit to reconciliation.
Advancing reconciliation was not just the job of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Reconciliation Australia CEO Karen Mundine said in a statement.
“This is what ‘all in’ represents: all of us, side by side, building relationships grounded in truth, trust and respect,” she said.
- More information: www.reconciliation.org.au.
- Read more: Family’s tragic history shared on Sorry Day in Murray Bridge
