This panel examines the intersection of the health and justice systems to show how Indigenous knowledge can challenge deficit-based health and justice models and champion innovative approaches and outcomes. The panel will discuss how Indigenous knowledge can inform the development of strengths-based and future-oriented health justice practice models for the benefit of Indigenous people and the broader Australian community. Health and Justice is a Research Theme program funded by the Indigenous Knowledge Institute at the University of Melbourne.
Warwick Padgham is a Taungurung man and the Program Manager of the Indigenous Law and Justice Hub. In this role, Warwick leads the administrative responsibilities of the Hub ensuring that the Hub’s vision is realised. Prior to the Law School, Warwick was Manager of Indigenous Student Programs at the Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, overseeing Indigenous graduate research student development. He provides advice regarding Indigenous graduate development across the University and its partners, as well as working on projects and activities specific to Indigenous doctoral advancement nationally and globally.
Dr Eddie Cubillo is an Aboriginal man with strong family links in both the urban and rural areas throughout the Northern Territory. He is of Larrakia/Wadjigan and Central Arrente descent. Eddie has a Bachelor of Laws Degree and was admitted to the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. Throughout his career, Eddie has been involved with a number of organisations and causes including the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Service and the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory. He recently submitted his PhD and is working at the University of Melbourne’s Law School as Associate Dean & Senior Research Fellow (Indigenous Programs).
Jaynaya Dwyer is a Research Fellow at the Indigenous Law and Justice Hub. She is a non-Indigenous woman who grew up on Wurundjeri Country. She is a Lawyer with a public service background, with a strong interest in access to justice, decolonisation and social justice in her work.
This panel was part of the Indigenous Knowledge Institute’s 2022 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Symposium. Find out more here