Adele Cox
Adele Cox is a Bunuba & Kija (Gija) woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. She has spent the majority of her working life in the Kimberley region in media and in suicide prevention, although has spent the last 6 years living and working in Perth. Most recently her work has taken her into Indigenous Health Research, having worked previously at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. Adele now works part-time as an academic at the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health at the University of Western Australia, and also runs her own consultancy business part-time as Director of ACOX Consultancy. She is and has been an active member of several committees' at both the State and National levels, including, the WA State Forensic Mental Health Council, the Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children Steering Committee and Design Sub-Committee for the Department of Family and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and is the current Chairperson of the National Indigenous Youth Movement of Australia (NIYMA). Adele's commitment to Indigenous affairs comes from a long-standing family history of Indigenous health service provision and advocacy and continues to be a focus in her life, along with advocacy for Indigenous youth issues, and Indigenous Affairs generally.
What a reconciled Australia looks like to me.
To me a reconciled Australia will be one where my children will be able to take pride in who they are as Aboriginal Australians without fear of discrimination and racism. It will be a nation where the majority of Australia fully acknowledge and recognise the first peoples of this country, where the levels of education are equal to those of the majority and where the health status of Indigenous people are finally greater and the gaps in life expectancy are closed.
Adele Cox
