Child protection, genocide, substance abuse, the justice system and the delivery of mental health services to Aboriginal people are among topics to be presented by mental health degree students this week at a conference at Charles Sturt University’s Wagga Wagga Campus on Wednesday 27 September. The conference, titled Footprints: Many Nations on One Journey, is being organised by the students as part of their studies into the professional issues in Aboriginal mental health and will also bring together several guest speakers from State and Commonwealth authorities. Guest speakers are the Manager Clinical Partnerships, NSW Centre for Mental Health; Robyn Murray; Director of Social Health in the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Kate Gilbert; and Acting Director Adolescent Health, NSW Health, Catherine Lynch. CSU mental health course coordinator Jane Havelka said the student presentations and written reports will provide a valuable contribution to the published material on the issues in Aboriginal mental health.