Lung Foundation Australia’s Reconciliation Action Plan acknowledges and understands the history of colonial settlement in Australia and the impact this continues to have on intergenerational trauma and social determinants of health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Lung Foundation Australia operates from the central understanding that healing is fundamental to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples reaching their full personal, cultural, social, educational, and economic potential. We are particularly committed to equitable access to holistic health care that facilitates the right to lung health and the right to breathe well acknowledging the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across lung disease and lung cancer for infants, children and adults alike.
Our vision for reconciliation is one where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are empowered to exercise their right to good lung health through self-determination, and we as an organisation have strong, mutually respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Lung Foundation Australia will continually engage in reflective practice that considers our ongoing learnings from and with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We will prioritise how this learning is embedded into our policies, processes and practices to support continual growth and improvement towards reflecting our vision into action.
Lung Foundation supports the VOICE to Parliament and the opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be included in our Nation’s Constitution.