Tom Calma
![Calma in 2008](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Tom_Calma.jpg)
Calma has been involved in Indigenous affairs at a local, community, state, national and international level and worked in the public sector focusing on rural and remote Australia, health, mental health and suicide prevention, education, justice reinvestment, research, reconciliation and economic development. Calma's 2005 ''Social Justice Report'' – focusing on Indigenous health equality – was the catalyst for the Close the Gap campaign.
Calma served as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner from 2004 to 2010 and as Race Discrimination Commissioner from 2004 until 2009 at the Australian Human Rights Commission. In 2012 he was awarded an Order of Australia, Officer of the General Division, in recognition of his work as an inspirational advocate for human rights and social justice and distinguished service to the Indigenous community, and in 2013 was named Australian of the Year for the ACT.
On 30 October 2019, Calma was announced as a co-chair on the Senior Advisory Group of the "Indigenous voice to government", convened by Ken Wyatt. Provided by Wikipedia
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3by John Skinner, Yvonne Dimitropoulos, Woosung Sohn, Alexander Holden, Boe Rambaldini, Heiko Spallek, Rahila Ummer-Christian, Stuart Marshall, Kate Raymond, Tom Calma AO, Kylie GwynneGet full text
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4by Katherine A. Thurber, Emily Colonna, Roxanne Jones, Gilbert C. Gee, Naomi Priest, Rubijayne Cohen, David R. Williams, Joanne Thandrayen, Tom Calma, Raymond Lovett, on behalf of the Mayi Kuwayu Study TeamGet full text
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5by David P. Thomas, Marita Hefler, Billie Bonevski, Tom Calma, Jonathan Carapetis, Catherine Chamberlain, Simon Chapman, Mike Daube, Sandra Eades, Summer May Finlay, Becky Freeman, Raymond Lovett, Ross MacKenzie, Raglan Maddox, Melanie WakefieldGet full text
Published 2018-12-01
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6by Yeu-Yao Cheng, Jack Nunn, John Skinner, Boe Rambaldini, Tiffany Boughtwood, Tom Calma, Alex Brown, Cliff Meldrum, Marcel E. Dinger, Jennifer A. Byrne, Debbie McCowen, Jayden Potter, Kerry Faires, Sandra Cooper, Kylie GwynneGet full text
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