http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/tauto-sansbury/ Tauto’s identity comes from being a South Australian Aboriginal man, born on Point Pearce Mission on the Yorke Peninsula of Narungga-Kaurna heritage, with family links on the West Coast of South Australia. Tauto has more than 30 years experience advocating for Aboriginal people in all areas of Aboriginal disadvantage. He was deeply involved in the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, working with Elliott Johnston, QC, and following the handing down of the recommendations, led both the National and South Australian Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committees (AJACs) for more than ten years, both monitoring the implementation of the recommendations and ensuring that lasting change took place regarding Aboriginal incarceration at all levels. He was consultant to the Social Inclusion Unit undertaking community consultations on the so-called ‘Gang of 49’ for the Breaking the Cycle Report. More recently he has been employed as CEO and General Manager in health and Aboriginal employment. He is widely recognised for his considerable knowledge regarding Aboriginal people and was awarded an Australian Centenary medal in 2003 by the Commonwealth “In recognition of work as Director of the Aboriginal Justice Advocacy Committee and the National Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee.” He was also awarded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Person of the Year, National NAIDOC awards in 1996. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/eight-funerals-in-13-days/ It was only Day 13 of the New Year, 2012. And on this day, I attended the funeral of the eighth South Australian Aboriginal person to die – the eighth death in our small community this year. And it was only Day 13. These eight deaths are not of Aboriginal people who have lived to a ripe old age. The funerals were not celebrations of long and productive lives. No, they were all premature deaths, some of them violent, all premature and preventable. Aboriginal people are always at funerals. We attend out of respect for our people and community. We give our condolences and cry for our loved ones. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tauto Sansbury) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/eight-funerals-in-13-days/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/eight-funerals-in-13-days/#item7544 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:00:36 +0000 Tauto Sansbury | Author bios | The Punch