Inala Cooper

Inala Cooper is a Yawuru woman based in Narrm/Melbourne. Inala has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Human Rights Law and has long been an advocate for Indigenous rights and access to education. Currently she is the Director of Murrup Barak at University of Melbourne and is a regular contributor on ABC News Breakfast (and The Drum).

Inala is a director on a range of not-for-profit boards including State Library Victoria, and the Adam Briggs Foundation. She is the author of Marrul: Aboriginal Identity and the Fight for Rights, and a chapter in Dhoombak Goobgoowana, Vol 2. Voice. Inala appears a range of literary events including Stella Day Out, Sorrento Writers Festival, and Adelaide Writers Week.