Mick Gooda

Mick Gooda, an indigenous Australian of the Gangulu people in the Central Queensland,^[1][2] a public servant^[3] and Aboriginal activist, is the Australian Human Rights Commission's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner since 16 December 2009.^[4][5]

Prior to taking up the position of Commissioner, Gooda was the Chief Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Health Cooperative Research Centre.^[6] Gooda was a long–serving officer with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.^[3]

In 2016, Gooda and Margaret White were appointed as co-Commissioners for the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.^[7]

References

1. "Mr Mick Gooda". National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Australian National University. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
2. "Five questions to Mick Gooda: on self-determination and human rights". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
3. Schubert, Misha (15 December 2009). "Mick Gooda wins top indigenous affairs post". The Age. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
4. "Australian Human Rights Commission - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner". Australian Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
5. "Mick Gooda to be the new Social Justice Commissioner". Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. Edith Cowan University. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
6. "Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner". Woman's Day (Australian magazine). Bauer Media Group. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
7. "Gooda, White drafted in after royal commissioner stands down". 1 August 2016.