This submission centres on the unique and diverse unpaid work provided by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls. It draws on the Australian Human Rights Commission’s submission to the Draft National Care and Support Economy Strategy (2023) and the Australian National University’s Caring about Care Report (2024). This submission quotes and paraphrases from these sources. The ANU research was conducted in partnership with Aboriginal organisations in five sites across Australia including the ACT. This submission also draws on discussions of unpaid care in the Wiyi Yani U Thangani Report (2020), Implementation Framework (2022), and Change Agenda for First Nations Gender Justice (2024), which were each developed through direct and ongoing engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, girls and gender-diverse mob.
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