Curtin University has announced 2018 recipients of the John Curtin Medal, which honours individuals or organisations whose work demonstrates attributes associated with Australia’s WWII prime minister; vision, leadership and community service. Jim Morrison, a senior Noongar man “has worked selflessly at the frontline of Aboriginal rights for more than four decades. Angela Ryder, one of the Stolen Generation, “has established innovative and positive initiatives and programmes to build independence among in Aboriginal people and empower Aboriginal women.”