Olga Havnen

Olga Havnen is an Aboriginal leader, advocate and activist in the Northern Territory of Australia. She is currently the chief executive officer of the Danila Dilba Health Service in Darwin, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service.^[1]

Early life

Havnen is of Western Arrente descent and grew up in

Havnen was the Coordinator General of Remote Service Provision from 2011 until October 2012, when the Northern Territory Government controversially abolished the position.[4]

She released one report which detailed deficiencies in Northern Territory and

She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Danila Dilba Health Service in Darwin, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service.[1]

Havnen gave evidence at the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory critical of the outcomes and delivery of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response, commonly referred to as the Intervention stating “the experience of the Intervention was such a debacle you’d never want that repeated, but I do think that there is a role for the federal government in here in the Northern Territory.”

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