Deb Moyle, is a proud Ngarrindjeri women and a member of First People of the Millewa Mallee.  She is an inaugural member of South Australia Voice to Parliament, elected in May 2024.

Deb has strong family and cultural values, she works hard to build community confidence, creates smart trust and she is very enthusiastic in sharing herself and her skills.  Deb is highly respected in her communities, and she firmly promotes Aboriginal Justice Reinvestment Principles.  

Deb has been active in Justice Reinvestment since 2019, she currently leads the community led Justice Reinvestment in South Australia, working with Australian Red Cross and the Tiraapendi Wodli team, she was proactive in opening the first metropolitan Justice Reinvestment Hub in Australia.

Candice Hughes is a proud Kamilaroi woman, mother and wife. She is the Principal Solicitor at YFS Legal, working in Youth Justice.  Candice has worked in community legal centres for 10 years and also served as a sworn and unsworn member of the QPS. 

Candice is passionate about improving access to justice for vulnerable people, particularly supporting and advocating for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the criminal justice system.

Latoya Aroha Rule is a Takatāpui (Queer), Wiradjuri & Te Ātiawa Research Associate & PhD Candidate at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research, the University of Technology Sydney. Following the death in custody of their elder brother Wayne Fella Morrison, Latoya established the national ban spit hoods coalition which has thus far seen legislative bans on the torture device in multiple jurisdictions, alongside opening conversation for further anti-torture reforms.

Professor Chelsea Watego (formerly Bond) is a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman with over 25 years of experience working within Indigenous health as a health worker and scholar. She is the Executive Director of QUT’s Carumba Institute and a Commissioner on The O’Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health. Her scholarship has drawn attention to the role of race in the production of health inequalities and her current ARC Discovery Grant seeks to build an Indigenist Health Humanities as a new field of research; one that is committed to the survival of Indigenous peoples locally and globally, and foregrounds Indigenous intellectual sovereignty. Professor Watego is a prolific writer and public intellectual, having written for IndigenousX, NITV, The Guardian, and The Conversation while also co-hosting a weekly radio show Let’s Talk Black Knowing on Triple A Murri Radio.  Her debut book Another Day in the Colony, published by UQP in 2021 was met with critical acclaim. Professor Watego is also a founding board member of Inala Wangarra, an Indigenous community development association within her community, and a founding Director of the Institute for Collaborative Race Research which undertakes intellectual work that informs, arms, ignites, validates and celebrates anti-racist actions. But most importantly, she is a proud mum to five beautiful children.

Aunty Zeta Thomson is a respected Elder and descendant of the Yarra Yarra Clan of the Wurundjeri people through her father and grandfather, Alexander Briggs, and is a descendant of the Ulupna Clan of the Yorta Yorta people on her mother and grandmother, Teresa (Yarmuk) Clements’ side. She is a renowned artist, culture teacher and advocate for the rights of Aboriginal prisoners in Victoria. 

Aunty Zeta was born in 1946 to Geraldine Briggs and Selwyn Briggs. She is one of 13 children and grew up with her large family in Shepparton, Victoria. Aunty Zeta retains strong connections to her ancestral homelands.

Her parents participated in the historic Cummeragunja Walk-Off, relocating to the Shepparton-Mooroopna. Her family maintains links with Cummeragunja through the continuing use of ancestral burial grounds. Her knowledge of culture has been passed down by her mother and father and maternal grandmother. Aunty Zeta and her husband, Edward have been proudly for married 54 years. She is a mother of three children and a grandmother of ten.

She has had a lifetime involvement in Aboriginal affairs, working at a community level, like many of her family members. She has supported land rights and Aboriginal rights with her family.

Aunty Zeta was a cultural advisor on the internationally renowned movie, The Sapphires. She has also recorded traditional stories for Swinburne University of Technology that feature her artwork on the CD cover. Over the years, Aunty Zeta has also been involved in various projects and committees within the Aboriginal community. She volunteers with the Independent Prison Visitor (IPV) Scheme to conduct assessments and report back any issues to the Victorian Minister for Corrections. Aunty Zeta has been involved with the IPV Scheme as a volunteer since 2006, when it was formerly known as the Official Prison Visitor. She has given up her time to visit prisons on a monthly basis. As an IPV volunteer she has gone above and beyond to improve the experience for Aboriginal people within a prison setting.

She continues to campaign for the rights of Aboriginal prisoners and currently sits on both the Koori Justice Forum as the IPV representative and the Aboriginal Advisory Committee for the IPV Scheme. During her time volunteering for the IPV Scheme, Zeta has earned the respect of prisoners and staff. Her efforts have contributed to positive outcomes for the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement.

Lukas Williams, M.A. IH., is the Gan’na Founder and Director, a national motivational speaker, entrepreneur, First Nations health advocate, educator and facilitator with 15 years’ experience in the field of social emotional and cultural well being. 

Lukas is the recipient of the Northern Territory Government Aboriginal Medical Services Remote Worker of the Year Award in 2018, acknowledging his successful work with men’s healing circles in remote communities. This work and success led Lukas to establish his own organisational consultancy and private practice, Gan’na Healing™. Lukas is renowned and respected for his approach to trauma healing for First Nations people, creating a 7-step practice model that has been utilised in over 25 communities and community services across Australia. 

His own personal journey, coupled with his professional development, led him to acquiring his Masters in Indigenous Health in 2018. 

Lukas is a proud Bundjalung man from the Minyangbal people in Tweed Heads NSW. Lukas is also proud to have Native American, Scottish, English and Italian heritage. 

Lukas created Gan’na to support communities to make change in their lives on at the individual, family and community levels. He facilitates healing circles with his unique Gan’na 7 Step Model across Australia. 

In his free time, Lukas loves spending time with his family on country, camping and hunting.