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NAIDOC Week profile: Police Liaison Officer Adam Osborne
Just over a decade ago, Wiradjuri/Ngunnawal man Adam Osborne arrived in the remote town of St George to find work restoring houses damaged by the floods that devastated much of Queensland in early 2011.
Police Liaison Officer Adam Osborne and local artist Gordon Lister created a wall mural in the foyer of St George Police Station. The mural showcases the Look to the Stars acknowledgement plaque and Mr Lister’s painting depicting the relationship between local police and First Nations groups.
Now a Police Liaison Officer (PLO) with the Queensland Police Service (QPS), PLO Osborne liked what he saw and he and his wife decided to adopt the community as the place they would live and raise their children.
Job title: Federal Greens Senator for Victoria
Proudest achievement to date: Being an activist, a parliamentarian, and an active member of my community whilst raising three children.
What or who inspires you? I’m from a strong matriarchal line of powerful activist women. I am inspired, and draw my strength from my grandmothers, mother, aunties and sister.
Advice you would give young people following in your footsteps: My grandmother always told me, never forget where you come from and who you are. That means connection, culture and the struggle of resistance.
Do you have a favourite quote? “Always was Always will be Aboriginal Land!”
It s the first day on the job for Wiradjuri teenager Makaylee Little.
The 17-year-old will be working in health administration at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital one day a week until she finishes school next year.
It s an opportunity she told SBS News is exciting, albeit a little nerve-wracking. Honestly, I was a little nervous because I hadn t been in an environment like this before,” she said.
“It s been a massive eye-opener just seeing how everything works.”
Makaylee Little learning the ropes at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.
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Makaylee is one of 20 Indigenous senior students in Year 11 and 12 who are undertaking a new school-based traineeship in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) in southern New South Wales.