OUR ROADMAP OUT

Virtual Dungala Kaiela Oration to explore Indigenous spirit

THE annual Dungala Kaiela Oration celebrates Aboriginal cultural identity with the goal of creating a shared vision for the people of the Goulburn Valley and promoting Aboriginal development.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and isolation restrictions, this year it will be slightly different. Traditionally the evening is co-hosted at the Rumbalara Football Netball Club in Shepparton on Yorta Yorta country, by the Kaiela Institute and the University of Melbourne. This year however, the event will be broadcast online as a virtual event in documentary style.

Proud Yorta Yorta woman, activist and educator, Dr Lois Peeler will explore how respect for Indigenous knowledge could and should change modern Australia at this year’s annual Dungala Kaiela Oration on Wednesday, September 9.

Dr Peeler is executive director/principal of Australia’s only Aboriginal girls’ boarding school, Worawa Aboriginal College, and has held senior positions in the community and public sectors.

Her oration, ‘The River is Us - Carrying the Spirit and Strength of Dungala’, will explore how Aboriginal knowledge and narrative

CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS SPIRIT...

Proud Yorta Yorta woman, Dr Lois Peeler will deliver this year’s Dungala Kaiela Oration. Photo: Supplied

have mainstream importance for survival, emotional health and the general wellbeing of all humanity.

What: Dungala Kaiela Oration

When: 6pm Wednesday, September 9

Register: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ dungala-kaiela-oration-tickets-116970336425

Our roadmap out of restrictions

FROM Monday, September 14, regional Victoria will move to the ‘Second Step’ on its roadmap out of Coronavirus restrictions.

Key points of the Second Step include:

• Only four reasons to leave home:

school or work (if these cannot be done from home), care or caregiving, to purchase essentials, and exercise • Public gatherings: up to five people from

a maximum of two households can meet outdoors for social interaction • Visitors to the home: The ‘Single person bubble’, where you are allowed one visitor if living alone/are a single parent (when children are under 18) • Childcare is open • Schools return to onsite learning from term four • Outdoor exercise and recreation allowed • Restaurants and cafes open for takeaway and delivery only • Retail: open, with density restrictions, hairdressing open

Regional Victoria will move to the ‘Third Step’ when:

• Daily average number of cases in the last 14 days in Regional

Victoria is less than five • There are no cases in regional

Victoria with an unknown source in the last 14 days

Key points of the Third Step include:

• No restrictions on leaving home • Public gatherings: up to 10 people outdoors • Visitors allowed at home from one other household (up to five people) • Hospitality open for predominantly outdoor seated service only • All retail open, except personal care (hairdressers open)

Regional Victoria can move to the ‘Last Step’ after November 23 when:

• There are no new cases for 14 days, across Victoria

Key points of the Last Step include:

• No restrictions on leaving home • Public gatherings: Up to 50 people outdoors • Up to 20 visitors at home • Hospitality open for seated service only • All retail open • Galleries, museums and other entertainment venues open with some restrictions