Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, is a proud Bundjalung Widubul-Wiabul woman who’s a survivor of out-of-home care and now a practising lawyer fighting for the freedom of others.

She’s the first ACT Commissioner for First Nations children, won Marie Claire’s change maker of the year and is author of Long Yarn Short Long Yarn Short: We are still here.

Speaking to The Weekend Briefing for a second time, Vanessa joins Antoinette Lattouf to unpack Peter Dutton’s controversial comments about refusing to stand in front of the Aboriginal flag, the push by a prominent barrister to scrap Acknowledgements of Country, and the harm done in the policing of First Nations young people.

Weekend List

TO EAT: Fattoush Salad With Fried Pita Chips
TO WATCH: Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action documentary on Netflix
TO DO: TooGoodToGo App
TO READ: Long Yarn Short: We are still here by Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts

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This Australia Day, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts is thinking about the kids