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Celebrating NAIDOC Week
NAIDOC Week kicks off this Sunday, 6 July 2025 – and this year it marks a powerful milestone; 50 years of honoring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience.
NAIDOC Week is celebrated in Indigenous communities and by Australians all over the country – and is a time for us all to learn about and celebrate the First Nations’ rich heritage and connection to the land.
The 2025 theme, ‘The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy’, celebrates not only the achievements of the past but the bright future ahead, empowered by the strength of our young leaders, the vision of our communities, and the legacy of our ancestors.
This NAIDOC Week, we celebrate not just a milestone but a movement that endures, grows, and evolves.
A yarn with Karen
We sat down for a yarn with Karen, Marathon Health’s Cultural Capability Lead. She shared her thoughts on where we’ve come from (and where we’re headed) as an organisation as well as her personal experience of change over the years.
"Reading the theme for NAIDOC Week 2025, I sit and reflect not only on the strength, vision and legacy of my ancestors and the strong leaders in my life who instilled pride in my culture and strength in who I am and where I come from – but also on my journey over the past nine years that I’ve been with Marathon Health.
My reflections include when I was approached to be involved in our first Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and how we’re now at the second Innovate stage. More recently, the staunch leaders who were instrumental in building the foundation for us to continue to honour and progress our future of self-determination and allyship, both within our organisation as well as to the communities in which we work.
I draw my strength from my family, who have paved the way and fought for justice and recognition of being the traditional owners and the oldest surviving culture in the world.
My vision is for a better future for my people with health outcomes, and social justice free of racism and discrimination – and my legacy is to inspire my children and the generations to come, to continue to use their voice for truth telling to bring about change."
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Page last updated: 4 July 2025
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