June Oscar

Oscar at the Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women's Resource Centre June Oscar is an Australian Aboriginal woman of Bunuba descent, Indigenous rights activist, community health and welfare worker, film and theatre, and since 2017 and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.

She is best known for her fight against Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and work in improving the lives of Aboriginal people in remote communities, in particular the Kimberley (Western Australia) town of Fitzroy Crossing. In 2013 Oscar was awarded the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to the Indigenous community of Western Australia, particularly through health and social welfare programs".

In October 2019 she was appointed to the Senior Advisory Group to help co-design the Indigenous voice to government. Provided by Wikipedia
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