Associate Professor Kirsten Gray

Associate Professor Kirsten Gray is a Muruwari and Yuwaalaraay woman and experienced advocate for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. She has led community organisations, as well as policy and advocacy for statutory organisations and commissions of inquiry. This has included significant experience with the Australian Human Rights Commission, working across the tenure of three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioners (Commissioners Calma, Gooda and Oscar), and most recently serving as Director of First Nations policy and engagement at the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of people with Disability. She also serves on the boards of relevant organisations, including the Healing Foundation, the Justice and Equity Centre (formerly PIAC) and the National Justice Project. A/Professor Gray joins the Indigenous Futures Centre as a Chief Investigator in the Law & Justice theme.