Gooda Appointment

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CRCAH congratulates Mick Gooda on new role

December 15 2009


The Australian Attorney-General, the Hon. Robert McLelland, has today

announced that the CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal

Health (CRCAH), Mick Gooda, has been appointed to take over from Tom

Calma as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

from 1 February 2010.


CRCAH Chair Pat Anderson extended her congratulations to Mick and paid

tribute to his hard work during the five years he has spent at the helm of the

organisation.


“On behalf of the CRCAH Board I would like to publicly thank Mick for the

contribution he has made to our organisation since his appointment in

November 2004,” Ms Anderson said.


“Naturally we are sorry to see Mick go, but his new role is an important post

for the community as a whole and we believe Mick will be a passionate

advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.”


Among the highlights of Mick’s tenure, Ms Anderson singled out his role in the

CRCAH’s successful rebid earlier this year for a further four and a half years

of funding through the Australian Government’s CRC Program, which will see

the CRCAH reborn as the CRC for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Health (CRCATSIH) early in 2010.


Ms Anderson also paid tribute to Mick’s contribution in establishing the Lowitja

Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research, which will

be launched on 24 February 2010 with the intention of providing a permanent

body to fund Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research beyond the

expiry of the CRCATSIH’s term in June 2014.


“We wish Mick well in his new role and look forward to working with him in the

future,” Ms Anderson said.


Media enquiries: Contact Pat Anderson on 0447 466 261







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