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Speakers Profile - Yatu Widders Hunt










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Yatu Widders Hunt has proud Dunghutti and Anaiwan heritage and has a background in PR and communications. She is currently a Director at First Nations social change agency, Cox Inall Ridgeway (CIR). Having worked for many years in the government sector, she is passionate about driving policy and social change, through effective communications and engagement. Yatu has worked across a range of portfolios including environment and sustainability, mental health and immigration. At CIR, Yatu leads a lot of the communications and creative projects including on health promotion, engagement initiatives and storytelling and PR support. Yatu works with a diverse set of clients including the Federal Treasury, Country Road, Foodbank and JCDecaux.



As a former journalist, Yatu developed a strong interest in the Indigenous fashion and arts sector and is the founder of the online Australian Indigenous Fashion community. She also served on the Board of the Australian Fashion Council and speaks regularly on issues of First Nations representation and leadership in the media and social justice sectors. Yatu recently co contributed a chapter of a new book ‘The Failure of the Voice Referendum and the Future of Australian Democracy’ on the role that corporate and creative Australia played at the time.