Keynote lecture by Celeste Liddle.

Celeste Liddle is an Arrernte woman who was born in Canberra and has been living in Melbourne since she was a teenager. She is a trade unionist, an activist, a feminist, a social commentator and an opinion writer. Liddle has an honours degree in arts from La Trobe University, a graduate diploma from the University of Melbourne and a masters in communications and media studies from Monash University. In 2020, Liddle undertook a Masters at Monash University and in 2021 was awarded the Academic Medal for Excellence. Liddle hosted the IndigenousX program from 19 June 2015. She has been a regular columnist for Eureka Street since 2017, having written her first opinion piece for them two years earlier. She has also been a columnist and featured writer for Daily Life, The Saturday Paper, and The Guardian. She has also provided commentary for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). In May 2021, Liddle was preselected by the Victorian Greens for the seat of Cooper in the 2022 federal election. Her campaign set out to include dental into Medicare, enhance workers' rights, increase renewable energy in response to the climate emergency, and work towards truth and treaty for First Nations people. Liddle was also a strong advocate for the Greens policy to tax billionaires and for Melbourne's live music and arts scenes. Liddle left the Greens in February 2023. As of 2023, Liddle works as National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Organiser for the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). She was instrumental in ensuring that the NTEU vocally supported the campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Australia.

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