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The Latest NewsKeep up to date with all the latest news and events from The Long WalkWe are now working towards our next event The Long Walk Women's Lunch on Friday 3 October at Peninsula at Docklands. More details on food, entertainment, networking opportunities and tickets very soon.
Information on programs The Long Walk has supported in 2008 is now available on The Long Walk Trust page.
The Long Walk Administration is now based at Essendon Football Club. Kim Kruger commenced as Project Manager in February 2008. Kim comes to The Long Walk with a background in Indigenous arts and event management, community development and broadcasting.
Michael Long appeared in Opera at the Lock in Mildura and Opera in the Market in Melbourne in March this year.
19 Mar 2008 The Long Walk welcomes the apologyWhen Michael Long set out to walk to Canberra in late 2004, he did so to raise awareness of the injustices between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. He wanted to highlight the inequality in health, education and employment. As he and other walkers, black and white, walked together, it was an action which others could relate to. They were walking the walk. In November 2004 there was no... More29 Jul 2007 Long to see PM over a new dealESSENDON great Michael Long has backed the Federal Government's intervention in remote communities, while calling for a new deal for Aborigines. More02 Jun 2007 Crying for the place we could becomeI'VE always believed in the power of music as a potent catalyst for social change. I believed it when I first heard Bart Willoughby's voice out front of No Fixed Address in 1981 proudly proclaiming We Have Survived. I believed it when Shane Howard's band Goanna made the first non-indigenous musical statement about land rights with Solid Rock. I believed it as I sang my lungs out in tiny pubs in... More26 May 2007 Dancing to a new tune helps youngVINCENT Ramsay saw the possibilities back in 2002. The then 18-year-old Gija man from the Kimberley had never been out of the 50-person settlement of Bow River. Then he found himself in Melbourne with the Neminuwarlin Performance Group, dancing in Fire Fire, Burning Bright, a "joonba", or corroboree, for the Melbourne Arts Festival. More14 May 2007 Sing-a-Long a rousing new anthem for Aboriginal leadersHe looked slightly nervous as he tackled the world of rock stardom yesterday but Michael Long needn't have worried: He was a natural. More20 Apr 2007 Time is right for Long to walk againAFL Champion and Indigenous leader Michael Long has backed moves to persuade leading companies to hire more Aboriginal people, saying jobs are a key source of self-esteem and health for Indigenous Australians. More
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