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'''Tanya Hosch''' is an [[Indigenous Australian]] social activist and business executive. She has held leadership roles in sport, the arts, social justice and public policy. At her appointment as social inclusion manager to the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) in June 2016, she became the first Indigenous person and the second woman appointed to an executive position in the AFL.
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'''Tanya Hosch''' is an [[Indigenous Australian]] social activist and business executive. She has held leadership roles in sport, the arts, social justice and public policy. She was joint campaign manager of the "[[Recognise (Australia)|Recognise]]" campaign run by [[Reconciliation Australia]] from 2012 to 2016. At her appointment as social inclusion manager to the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) in June 2016, she became the first Indigenous person and the second woman appointed to an executive position in the AFL.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Hosch's [[birth mother]], a white woman, was of [[Welsh people| Welsh]] origin, while her birth father is a [[Torres Strait Islander]] man. She was adopted by a [[Anglo-Celtic Australian|white Australian]] woman and [[Aboriginal Australian|Aboriginal]] man, after her parents' 16-year-old eldest child was killed in a car accident, and the fact that she was adopted was never hidden from her. Her adoptive home was a loving, caring and stable one, although money was tight and her adoptive parents worked very hard.<ref name=murphy2013/>
Hosch's [[birth mother]], a white woman, was of [[Welsh people| Welsh]] origin, while her birth father is a [[Torres Strait Islander]] man. She was adopted by a [[Anglo-Celtic Australian|white Australian]] woman and [[Aboriginal Australian|Aboriginal]] man after her parents' 16-year-old eldest child was killed in a car accident. The fact that she was adopted was never hidden from her, and her adoptive home was a loving, caring and stable one, although money was tight and her parents worked very hard.<ref name=murphy2013/>


She experienced [[racism in Australia| racism]] at school, which affected her confidence. She completed secondary school at [[Enfield High School (South Australia)|Enfield High School]], in [[Adelaide]]'s northern suburbs.<ref name=murphy2013/>
She experienced [[racism in Australia| racism]] at school, which affected her confidence. She completed secondary school at [[Enfield High School (South Australia)|Enfield High School]], in [[Adelaide]]'s northern suburbs.<ref name=murphy2013/>


She did not expect to go to university, thinking that was for clever people, starting work at the [[Women's Information Switchboard]]{{efn|Women's Information Switchboard (WIS), later [[Women's Information Service]], was then a mainly volunteer-run service opened in 1978 by SA premier [[Don Dunstan]], then in the Institute Building on the corner of [[North Terrace, Adelaide| North Terrace]] and [[Kintore Avenue]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Women's Movement page 6 | publisher=[[State Library of South Australia]]| website= SA Memory | url=https://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=677 | access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>}} instead. Being a feminist organisation, colleagues encouraged her to attend university, which she did and loved, and studying [[social work]] part-time.<ref name=murphy2013/>
She did not expect to go to university, thinking that was for clever people, starting work at the [[Women's Information Switchboard]]{{efn|Women's Information Switchboard (WIS), later [[Women's Information Service]], was then a mainly volunteer-run service opened in 1978 by SA premier [[Don Dunstan]], then in the Institute Building on the corner of [[North Terrace, Adelaide| North Terrace]] and [[Kintore Avenue]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Women's Movement page 6 | publisher=[[State Library of South Australia]]| website= SA Memory | url=https://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=677 | access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>}} instead. Being a feminist organisation, colleagues encouraged her to attend university, which she did and loved, studying [[social work]] part-time.<ref name=murphy2013/>


==Career ==
==Career ==
Hosch was led into advocacy for [[Indigenous Australians]] when she was working in the public sector and was placed at the [[Australian Human Rights Commission]] in [[Sydney]] soon after the publication of the ''[[Bringing Them Home]]'' report on [[Stolen Generations|Aboriginal children stolen from their families]] in 1997. Later that year she attended the Reconciliation Convention, where [[Pat Dodson]] delivered an address which proved a turning point for her.<ref name=murphy2013/>
Hosch held advocacy and consulting roles with the aim of increasing philanthropic investment into [[Indigenous Australians| Indigenous]] development. She was a key contributor in the creation of the [[National Congress of Australia's First Peoples]],{{cn|date=December 2021}} and a foundation director of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre<ref>National Library of Australia news - 12 p91 National Library of Australia - 2001 "A strong contingent of Indigenous Australians, including Kerry Arabena of the Meriam people of the Torres Strait, Tanya Hosch, a director of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre, and Indigenous barrister Louise Taylor, now a ..."</ref>
and the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute.<ref name=appt2016>{{cite web | title=Indigenous rights campaigner Tanya Hosch appointed as AFL diversity chief | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=22 June 2016 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/22/indigenous-rights-campaigner-tanya-hosch-appointed-as-afl-diversity-chief | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>


Hosch held advocacy and consulting high-level public sector roles, including at the [[Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation]].{{efn|The predecessor of [[Reconciliation Australia]].}} She connected with [[Larissa Behrendt]] in [[Canberra]], and became friends with [[Jason Glanville]].<ref name=murphy2013/> She was instrumental in the creation of the [[National Congress of Australia's First Peoples]],<ref name=appt2016/><ref name=boardLinks/> and a foundation director of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre<ref>National Library of Australia news - 12 p91 National Library of Australia - 2001 "A strong contingent of Indigenous Australians, including Kerry Arabena of the Meriam people of the Torres Strait, Tanya Hosch, a director of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre, and Indigenous barrister Louise Taylor, now a ..."</ref> and the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute.<ref name=appt2016>{{cite web | title=Indigenous rights campaigner Tanya Hosch appointed as AFL diversity chief | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=22 June 2016 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/22/indigenous-rights-campaigner-tanya-hosch-appointed-as-afl-diversity-chief | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
On 13 February 2013, Hosch addressed the [[National Press Club (Australia)|National Press Club]]. The title of her address, delivered with [[Jason Glanville]], was "Recognition: Why It's Right".<ref> [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-13/national-press-club-recognition---why-its-right/4516954 "Recognition: Why It's Right"] ABC News, 13 February 2013.</ref><ref name=smh2022>{{cite web | last=Quigley | first=Genevieve | last2=Naughton | first2=Julia | title=Sunday Life Trailblazers: Meet the women reshaping Australia | website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=12 November 2022 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/sunday-life-25th-anniversary-trailblazers-20221102-p5bv3l.html | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>


===2012–2016: "Recognise" campaign===
In 2013, Hosch was appointed as the inaugural independent chair of [[Price Waterhouse Coopers| Price Waterhouse Coopers Indigenous Consulting]], and also served on the boards of [[Bangarra Dance Theatre]] and the [[Australian Red Cross]]. In 2014, she was appointed to the Review Panel for the Act of Recognition (2013) to provide a report to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in September 2014. In October 2015, Hosch was appointed as a director of the [[Indigenous Land Corporation]] for three years.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
From 2012 Hosch was joint campaign director<ref name=afrwoi>{{cite web | title=Hosch | website=AFR Women of Influence| publisher= [[Australian Financial Review]]| url=https://live.afr.com/womenofinfluence/search/Hosch/ | access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> (with [[Tim Gartrell]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Former ALP National Secretary Tim Gartrell to run Indigenous referendum campaign | website=[[The Australian]] | date=17 April 2012 | url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/former-alp-national-secretary-tim-gartrell-to-run-indigenous-referendum-campaign/story-fn9hm1pm-1226329799315 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529200747/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/former-alp-national-secretary-tim-gartrell-to-run-indigenous-referendum-campaign/story-fn9hm1pm-1226329799315 | archive-date=29 May 2012 | url-status=dead | access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>) of the "[[Recognise (Australia)|Recognise]]" campaign run by [[Reconciliation Australia]].<ref name=murphy2013/> The campaign followed the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution.<ref name=recognise>{{cite web | title=Recognise campaign successful in raising awareness | website=Reconciliation Australia | date=29 June 2018 | url=https://www.reconciliation.org.au/recognise-campaign-successful-in-raising-awareness/ | access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> Hosch was also the public face of the campaign, after addressing the [[National Press Club (Australia)|National Press Club]] in February 2013. In May 2013, her team toured Australia aiming to inform and involve people in the bid to get Indigenous people recognised in the [[Australian Constitution]]. This included public advocacy, building support and partnerships behind the scenes, and consulting Aboriginal people in remote areas. Beginning in [[Melbourne]] and finishing at [[Nhulunbuy]] in the [[Northern Territory]], the trail was inspired by the "Long Walk" from Melbourne to [[Canberra]] undertaken in 2004 by [[Australian Football League|AFL]] footballer [[Michael Long (footballer)|Michael Long]].<ref name=murphy2013>{{cite web | last=Murphy | first=Katharine | title=Tanya Hosch: adoption, dislocation and the fight for recognition | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=26 May 2013 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/26/tanya-hosch-indigenous-australians-constitution | access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> On 13 February 2013, Hosch addressed the [[National Press Club (Australia)|National Press Club]]. The title of her address, delivered with [[Jason Glanville]], was "Recognition: Why It's Right".<ref> [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-13/national-press-club-recognition---why-its-right/4516954 "Recognition: Why It's Right"] ABC News, 13 February 2013.</ref><ref name=smh2022>{{cite web | last=Quigley | first=Genevieve | last2=Naughton | first2=Julia | title=Sunday Life Trailblazers: Meet the women reshaping Australia | website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=12 November 2022 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/sunday-life-25th-anniversary-trailblazers-20221102-p5bv3l.html | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>


The campaign was highly successful, raising awareness of the issue from around 30% to 70%,<ref name=recognise/> winding up in 2017.<ref>{{cite web | last=Brennan | first=Bridget | title=Recognise campaign ends after making 'significant contribution' | website=ABC News |publisher =[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=11 August 2017 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-11/recognise-campaign-wound-up/8797540 | access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>
Hosch was the deputy director of the "[[Recognise (Australia)|Recognise]]" campaign run by [[Reconciliation Australia]],<ref name=murphy2013/> with [[Tim Gartrell]] as campaign director.<ref>{{cite web | title=Former ALP National Secretary Tim Gartrell to run Indigenous referendum campaign | website=[[The Australian]] | date=17 April 2012 | url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/former-alp-national-secretary-tim-gartrell-to-run-indigenous-referendum-campaign/story-fn9hm1pm-1226329799315 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529200747/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/former-alp-national-secretary-tim-gartrell-to-run-indigenous-referendum-campaign/story-fn9hm1pm-1226329799315 | archive-date=29 May 2012 | url-status=dead | access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> Hosch was also the public face of the campaign, after addressing the [[National Press Club (Australia)|National Press Club]] in February 2013. In May 2013, her team toured Australia aiming to inform and involve people in the bid to get Indigenous people recognised in the [[Australian Constitution]]. This included public advocacy, building support and partnerships behind the scenes, and consulting Aboriginal people in remote areas. Beginning in [[Melbourne]] and finishing at [[Nhulunbuy]] in the [[Northern Territory]], the trail was inspired by the "Long Walk" from Melbourne to [[Canberra]] undertaken in 2004 by [[Australian Football League|AFL]] footballer [[Michael Long (footballer)|Michael Long]].<ref name=murphy2013>{{cite web | last=Murphy | first=Katharine | title=Tanya Hosch: adoption, dislocation and the fight for recognition | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=26 May 2013 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/26/tanya-hosch-indigenous-australians-constitution | access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> The campaign followed the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution, and was highly successful, raising awareness of the issue from around 30% to 70%.<ref name=recognise>{{cite web | title=Recognise campaign successful in raising awareness | website=Reconciliation Australia | date=29 June 2018 | url=https://www.reconciliation.org.au/recognise-campaign-successful-in-raising-awareness/ | access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> The campaign wound up in 2017.<ref>{{cite web | last=Brennan | first=Bridget | title=Recognise campaign ends after making 'significant contribution' | website=ABC News |publisher =[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=11 August 2017 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-11/recognise-campaign-wound-up/8797540 | access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>

She advocated for the creation of a statue of [[Nicky Winmar]] (the first of an Indigenous player), and helped to bring about an apology by AFL for [[Adam Goodes]], after they had handled his 2015 crowd abuse badly.<ref name=smh2022/>


===2016: AFL social inclusion manager===
===2016: AFL social inclusion manager===
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Her term started on 29 August 2016, and<ref name=appt2016/> {{as of|April 2023|lc=yes }} she remains social inclusion manager.<ref name=ryan2023>{{cite web | last=Ryan | first=Peter | title=AFL 2023: Racism rampant as league braces for impact of Voice to parliament referendum | website=[[The Age]] | date=17 April 2023 | url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/tip-of-the-iceberg-afl-has-responded-to-23-reports-of-racial-abuse-this-season-20230417-p5d0zc.html | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
Her term started on 29 August 2016, and<ref name=appt2016/> {{as of|April 2023|lc=yes }} she remains social inclusion manager.<ref name=ryan2023>{{cite web | last=Ryan | first=Peter | title=AFL 2023: Racism rampant as league braces for impact of Voice to parliament referendum | website=[[The Age]] | date=17 April 2023 | url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/tip-of-the-iceberg-afl-has-responded-to-23-reports-of-racial-abuse-this-season-20230417-p5d0zc.html | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>

Hosch advocated for the creation of a statue of [[Nicky Winmar]] (the first of an Indigenous player, erected at [[Perth Stadium]] in 2019<ref>{{cite web | title=Historic Nicky Winmar statue to be unveiled at Optus Stadium | website=[[The West Australian]] | date=6 July 2019 | url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/historic-nicky-winmar-statue-to-be-unveiled-at-optus-stadium-ng-b881251556z | access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref>), and helped to bring about an apology by AFL for [[Adam Goodes]], after they had handled his 2015 crowd abuse badly.<ref name=smh2022/>

==Other roles==
Hosch has served as chair of [[Price Waterhouse Coopers| Price Waterhouse Coopers Indigenous Consulting]], and served on the board of [[Bangarra Dance Theatre]]. She has been a director of the [[Indigenous Land Corporation]], the [[Australian Leadership Centre]], the [[Australian Centre for Social Innovation]], the [[Australian Indigenous Governance Institute]], and the [[Australian Red Cross Society]].<ref name=boardLinks/>

She was appointed to the Review Panel for the Act of Recognition in 2013 to provide a report to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. The final report of the panel was published in September 2014.<ref name=rcreport>{{cite web | title=Final report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act of Recognition Review Panel | website=Referendum Council | date=1 September 2014 | first1=John | last1=Anderson | author1-link=John Anderson (Australian politician) | first2=Tanya | last2=Hosch | first3=Richard | last3=Eccles | url=https://www.referendumcouncil.org.au/resource/final-report-of-the-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-act-of-recognition-review-panel.html | publisher=[[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)]] | access-date=20 April 2023 | archive-date=20 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420083902/https://www.referendumcouncil.org.au/resource/final-report-of-the-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-act-of-recognition-review-panel.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Hosch was one of 16 members of the [[Referendum Council]], which was appointed by the prime minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] and leader of the opposition [[Bill Shorten]] on 7 December 2015 "to talk to Australians about changing our Constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples". The Council handed down its final report on 30 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Council | website=Referendum Council | date=2 January 2019 | url=https://www.referendumcouncil.org.au/council.html | access-date=20 April 2023 | archive-date=28 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228234000/https://www.referendumcouncil.org.au/council.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{as of|April 2023}} she is a member of [[Chief Executive Women]] and the [[National Australia Bank|NAB]] Indigenous Advisory Group, as well as a board member of [[Circus Oz]].<ref name=boardLinks>{{cite web | title=Tanya Hosch | website=BoardLinks | url=https://www.boardlinks.gov.au/our-champions/tanya-hosch | access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>


==Recognition==
==Recognition==
In 2013 Hosch was named in the [[South Australian Women's Honour Roll]]. <ref>[https://www.officeforwomen.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/14757/final-honour-roll-2013-FA.pdf South Australian Women’s Honour Roll]</ref>
* 2013: Named in the [[South Australian Women's Honour Roll]].<ref>[https://www.officeforwomen.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/14757/final-honour-roll-2013-FA.pdf South Australian Women’s Honour Roll]</ref><ref name=boardLinks/>

* 2012, 2013, and 2015: Recognised in the list of "100 Women of Influence" Awards run by [[Westpac]] and the ''[[Australian Financial Review]]''.<ref name=afrwoi/>

* 2014: Nominated in the Human Rights category of [[Daily Life Woman of the Year|''Daily Life'' Women of the Year]].<ref name=boardLinks/>


* 2015: Named in the ''[[Australian Women's Weekly]]'' Power List of Australia’s 50 most powerful women.<ref> [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/special-features/most-powerful-women-in-business/story-fnolgd60-1227225569499 The Australian Women’s Weekly Power List of Australia’s 50 most powerful women] {{dead|date=April 2023}}</ref>
In 2012,{{cn|date=December 2021}} 2013<ref>[http://www.100womenofinfluence.com.au/alumni/2013-2/ 100 Women of Influence Awards 2013]</ref > and 2015{{cn|date=December 2021}} she was recognised in the list of "100 Women of Influence" Awards run by [[Westpac]] and the ''[[Australian Financial Review]]'' to recognise women who are achievers in Australian business and society.


* 2021: Listed as 6th in "the top 10 most culturally powerful people in Australia" by the ''[[Australian Financial Review]]''.<ref>{{cite web | last=Turner | first=Brook | title=AFR Power List 2021: The top 10 most culturally powerful people in Australia are Grace Tame, Ash Barty, Chris Hemsworth, Emma McKeon, The Kid Laroi, Tanya Hosch, Bruna Papandrea, the Betoota Advocate, Stephen Page, Mary-Louise McLaws | website=[[Australian Financial Review]] | date=30 September 2021 | url=https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-10-most-culturally-powerful-people-in-australia-in-2021-20210826-p58m4n | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
In 2015, Hosch was named in the ''[[Australian Women's Weekly]]'' Power List of Australia’s 50 most powerful women. <ref> [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/special-features/most-powerful-women-in-business/story-fnolgd60-1227225569499 The Australian Women’s Weekly Power List of Australia’s 50 most powerful women] {{dead|date=April 2023}}</ref>


* 2021: [[South Australian of the Year]].<ref name=saoy2021>{{cite web | title=Tanya Hosch | website=Australian of the Year | url=https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/tanya-hosch | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
In 2021, she was listed as 6th in "the top 10 most culturally powerful people in Australia" by the [[Australian Financial Review]]''.<ref>{{cite web | last=Turner | first=Brook | title=AFR Power List 2021: The top 10 most culturally powerful people in Australia are Grace Tame, Ash Barty, Chris Hemsworth, Emma McKeon, The Kid Laroi, Tanya Hosch, Bruna Papandrea, the Betoota Advocate, Stephen Page, Mary-Louise McLaws | website=[[Australian Financial Review]] | date=30 September 2021 | url=https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-10-most-culturally-powerful-people-in-australia-in-2021-20210826-p58m4n | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>


* November 2022: ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'''s ''Sunday Life'' listed Hosch as one of 25 trailblazers: "women reshaping Australia".<ref name=smh2022/>
She was named the 2021 [[South Australian of the Year]].<ref name=saoy2021>{{cite web | title=Tanya Hosch | website=Australian of the Year | url=https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/tanya-hosch | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>


==Personal life==
In November 2022, ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'''s ''Sunday Life'' listed Hosch as one of 25 trailblazers: "women reshaping Australia".<ref name=smh2022/>
Hosch has a daughter named Marley.<ref name=murphy2013/>


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 18:14, 24 June 2024

Tanya Hosch
Occupation(s)Social activist and business executive

Tanya Hosch is an Indigenous Australian social activist and business executive. She has held leadership roles in sport, the arts, social justice and public policy. She was joint campaign manager of the "Recognise" campaign run by Reconciliation Australia from 2012 to 2016. At her appointment as social inclusion manager to the Australian Football League (AFL) in June 2016, she became the first Indigenous person and the second woman appointed to an executive position in the AFL.

Early life and education

[edit]

Hosch's birth mother, a white woman, was of Welsh origin, while her birth father is a Torres Strait Islander man. She was adopted by a white Australian woman and Aboriginal man after her parents' 16-year-old eldest child was killed in a car accident. The fact that she was adopted was never hidden from her, and her adoptive home was a loving, caring and stable one, although money was tight and her parents worked very hard.[1]

She experienced racism at school, which affected her confidence. She completed secondary school at Enfield High School, in Adelaide's northern suburbs.[1]

She did not expect to go to university, thinking that was for clever people, starting work at the Women's Information Switchboard[a] instead. Being a feminist organisation, colleagues encouraged her to attend university, which she did and loved, studying social work part-time.[1]

Career

[edit]

Hosch was led into advocacy for Indigenous Australians when she was working in the public sector and was placed at the Australian Human Rights Commission in Sydney soon after the publication of the Bringing Them Home report on Aboriginal children stolen from their families in 1997. Later that year she attended the Reconciliation Convention, where Pat Dodson delivered an address which proved a turning point for her.[1]

Hosch held advocacy and consulting high-level public sector roles, including at the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.[b] She connected with Larissa Behrendt in Canberra, and became friends with Jason Glanville.[1] She was instrumental in the creation of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples,[3][4] and a foundation director of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre[5] and the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute.[3]

2012–2016: "Recognise" campaign

[edit]

From 2012 Hosch was joint campaign director[6] (with Tim Gartrell[7]) of the "Recognise" campaign run by Reconciliation Australia.[1] The campaign followed the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution.[8] Hosch was also the public face of the campaign, after addressing the National Press Club in February 2013. In May 2013, her team toured Australia aiming to inform and involve people in the bid to get Indigenous people recognised in the Australian Constitution. This included public advocacy, building support and partnerships behind the scenes, and consulting Aboriginal people in remote areas. Beginning in Melbourne and finishing at Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory, the trail was inspired by the "Long Walk" from Melbourne to Canberra undertaken in 2004 by AFL footballer Michael Long.[1] On 13 February 2013, Hosch addressed the National Press Club. The title of her address, delivered with Jason Glanville, was "Recognition: Why It's Right".[9][10]

The campaign was highly successful, raising awareness of the issue from around 30% to 70%,[8] winding up in 2017.[11]

2016: AFL social inclusion manager

[edit]

Hosch was named the general manager of inclusion and social policy at the AFL in June 2016, beating Nova Peris to the role. She became the second female executive at the AFL,[12] and the first Indigenous person in such a role.[13]

Her term started on 29 August 2016, and[3] as of April 2023 she remains social inclusion manager.[14]

Hosch advocated for the creation of a statue of Nicky Winmar (the first of an Indigenous player, erected at Perth Stadium in 2019[15]), and helped to bring about an apology by AFL for Adam Goodes, after they had handled his 2015 crowd abuse badly.[10]

Other roles

[edit]

Hosch has served as chair of Price Waterhouse Coopers Indigenous Consulting, and served on the board of Bangarra Dance Theatre. She has been a director of the Indigenous Land Corporation, the Australian Leadership Centre, the Australian Centre for Social Innovation, the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute, and the Australian Red Cross Society.[4]

She was appointed to the Review Panel for the Act of Recognition in 2013 to provide a report to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. The final report of the panel was published in September 2014.[16]

Hosch was one of 16 members of the Referendum Council, which was appointed by the prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and leader of the opposition Bill Shorten on 7 December 2015 "to talk to Australians about changing our Constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples". The Council handed down its final report on 30 June 2017.[17]

As of April 2023 she is a member of Chief Executive Women and the NAB Indigenous Advisory Group, as well as a board member of Circus Oz.[4]

Recognition

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Personal life

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Hosch has a daughter named Marley.[1]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Women's Information Switchboard (WIS), later Women's Information Service, was then a mainly volunteer-run service opened in 1978 by SA premier Don Dunstan, then in the Institute Building on the corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue.[2]
  2. ^ The predecessor of Reconciliation Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Murphy, Katharine (26 May 2013). "Tanya Hosch: adoption, dislocation and the fight for recognition". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Women's Movement page 6". SA Memory. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Indigenous rights campaigner Tanya Hosch appointed as AFL diversity chief". The Guardian. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  4. ^ National Library of Australia news - 12 p91 National Library of Australia - 2001 "A strong contingent of Indigenous Australians, including Kerry Arabena of the Meriam people of the Torres Strait, Tanya Hosch, a director of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre, and Indigenous barrister Louise Taylor, now a ..."
  5. ^ a b "Hosch". AFR Women of Influence. Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Former ALP National Secretary Tim Gartrell to run Indigenous referendum campaign". The Australian. 17 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Recognise campaign successful in raising awareness". Reconciliation Australia. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Recognition: Why It's Right" ABC News, 13 February 2013.
  9. ^ a b c Quigley, Genevieve; Naughton, Julia (12 November 2022). "Sunday Life Trailblazers: Meet the women reshaping Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  10. ^ Brennan, Bridget (11 August 2017). "Recognise campaign ends after making 'significant contribution'". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ^ Thompson, Matt (22 June 2016). "Indigenous leader Tanya Hosch named as new AFL diversity chief". AFL. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Tanya Hosch". Australian of the Year. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  13. ^ Ryan, Peter (17 April 2023). "AFL 2023: Racism rampant as league braces for impact of Voice to parliament referendum". The Age. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Historic Nicky Winmar statue to be unveiled at Optus Stadium". The West Australian. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  15. ^ Anderson, John; Hosch, Tanya; Eccles, Richard (1 September 2014). "Final report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act of Recognition Review Panel". Referendum Council. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  16. ^ "The Council". Referendum Council. 2 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  17. ^ South Australian Women’s Honour Roll
  18. ^ The Australian Women’s Weekly Power List of Australia’s 50 most powerful women [dead link]
  19. ^ Turner, Brook (30 September 2021). "AFR Power List 2021: The top 10 most culturally powerful people in Australia are Grace Tame, Ash Barty, Chris Hemsworth, Emma McKeon, The Kid Laroi, Tanya Hosch, Bruna Papandrea, the Betoota Advocate, Stephen Page, Mary-Louise McLaws". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

Further reading

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