• Recognition of the diversity and uniqueness of peoples, as well as of individuals, is essential.

  • The rights of Indigenous peoples to self-determination must be recognised.

  • The rights of Indigenous peoples to their intangible heritage must be recognised.

  • Rights in the traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions of Indigenous peoples must be respected, protected and maintained.

  • Indigenous knowledge, practices and innovations
    must be respected, protected and maintained.

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Rev Karen Kime

Member – Minister of Religion

portrait of revend Karen Kime

Karen Kime is a Birripya woman whose extended family come from the Dingo Creek region of Kempsey on the north coast of New South Wales.  Karen is the General Manager of Indigenous Services and Education for the Anglicare Regional Alliance.  Her passion surrounds issues of social justice for all people and a love of the environment

Karen lectured at Charles Sturt University and developed the first Indigenous Social Welfare and Theology subjects for distance education students.  In addition, she piloted the first teacher education program for primary teachers in Indigenous teaching and learning and holds a place on the Ethics Committee of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

Karen is a member of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council and is the Co Chair of the National Reconciliation Network for Anglicare Australia.  She was the first Indigenous woman to be collated as Archdeacon in the Anglican Church of Australia and is a delegate on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.