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National Gathering backs plans for new First Nations body, but tensions remain

A gathering of more than 300 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders has expressed in-principle support for the…
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #AU #Indigenousrepresentativebody #NationalIndigenousbody #RichieAhMet #Voicereferendum #Voicetoparliament #Yes23
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/151576/

Crazy how the Israel Lobby got a voice to parliament without a referendum.

#auspol #antisemitism #IsraelTerroristState #israel #zionism #voicetoparliament #statecapture #democracy #jilliansegal

"Labor’s silence on the genocide in Gaza has been simultaneous with its near-total silence on Indigenous affairs since the referendum." #auspol #australianpolitics #LaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #VoiceToParliament #blak_sovereign_movement #StopBlakDeathsInCustody https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/26/labor-gaza-position-albanese-israel-bombing-west-bank-palestine-palestinians/

"Labor’s silence on the genocide in Gaza has been simultaneous with its near-total silence on Indigenous affairs since the referendum." #auspol #australianpolitics #LaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #VoiceToParliament #blak_sovereign_movement #StopBlakDeathsInCustody https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/26/labor-gaza-position-albanese-israel-bombing-west-bank-palestine-palestinians/

"Labor’s silence on the genocide in Gaza has been simultaneous with its near-total silence on Indigenous affairs since the referendum." #auspol #australianpolitics #LaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #VoiceToParliament #blak_sovereign_movement #StopBlakDeathsInCustody https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/26/labor-gaza-position-albanese-israel-bombing-west-bank-palestine-palestinians/

"Labor’s silence on the genocide in Gaza has been simultaneous with its near-total silence on Indigenous affairs since the referendum." #auspol #australianpolitics #LaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #VoiceToParliament #blak_sovereign_movement #StopBlakDeathsInCustody https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/26/labor-gaza-position-albanese-israel-bombing-west-bank-palestine-palestinians/

"Labor’s silence on the genocide in Gaza has been simultaneous with its near-total silence on Indigenous affairs since the referendum." #auspol #australianpolitics #LaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #VoiceToParliament #blak_sovereign_movement #StopBlakDeathsInCustody https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/26/labor-gaza-position-albanese-israel-bombing-west-bank-palestine-palestinians/

"What do Indigenous people have left?"
Daniel Williams

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-21/lidia-thorpe-king-ceremony-protest-indigenous-rights/104358316.

#auspol #humanrights #indigenous #racism #voicetoparliament

Why is it so?
https://x.com/blakandblack/status/1833745558273687604

#AusPol
#VoiceToParliament

On this day last year, hundreds of people united in Dharawal Country to advocate for the Yes Campaign. It was indeed a beautiful day filled with love and support.

Regardless of last year's result, I remain proud of all the local YES23 Sutherland Shire volunteers and everyone else involved. I feel incredibly grateful to have been able to capture these special moments and hope for more change in the future.

#yes23 #yes23sutherlandshire #voicetoparliament #shiresaysyes #ulurustatement

TRUTH TELLING & TREATY FORUM

🗓️ Thursday 20th Jun 2024, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm AEST
🏤 Fitzroy Town Hall, 201 Napier St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia (or via livestream)
💰 $0 (First Nations - Online and In-Person), $5 (Online), $5 (General Admission - Unemployed), $10 (General Admission - Employed) or $25 (General Admission - Solidarity)

💚 Following the devastatingly divisive Voice to Parliament last October, so-called Australians (Yes and Sovereign No/Abstaining voters alike) NEED to be advocating for Treaty and Truth Telling NOW.

🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/truth-telling-and-treaty-forum

Event brief: "A Truth Telling & Treaty forum In conversation with Senator Lidia Thorpe, Uncle Gary Foley, Uncle Jim Everett and others.

This event aims to provide an opportunity to hear from First Nations Elders and leaders about where to go from here on First Nations Justice.

We will be discussing the importance of Truth Telling as the first step – looking at current developments, and what a national Truth Telling process would contribute. We will also discuss what genuine, inclusive Treaty processes would look like, from the grassroots to National & International levels.

Treaty must be for the people, by the people. It has to come from the ground up, and each of us have a role to play in making it happen."

#Indigenous #Aboriginal #Treaty #TruthTelling #TreatyNow #Australia #AusPol #FirstNations #IndigenousRights #AboriginalRights #FirstNationsRights #IndigenousJustice #AboriginalJustice #FirstNationsJustice #LidiaThorpe #News #Political #Activism #OnlineEvent #Victoria #VoicetoParliament #Humanitix #AustraliaPolitics #HumanRights #Aus #Aussie #RacialJustice #Racial_Justice #Sovereignty #Indigenous_Sovereignty #SovereigntyNeverCeded

TRUTH TELLING & TREATY FORUM

🗓️ Thursday 20th Jun 2024, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm AEST
🏤 Fitzroy Town Hall, 201 Napier St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia (or via livestream)
💰 $0 (First Nations - Online and In-Person), $5 (Online), $5 (General Admission - Unemployed), $10 (General Admission - Employed) or $25 (General Admission - Solidarity)

💚 Following the devastatingly divisive Voice to Parliament last October, so-called Australians (Yes and Sovereign No/Abstaining voters alike) NEED to be advocating for Treaty and Truth Telling NOW.

🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/truth-telling-and-treaty-forum

Event brief: "A Truth Telling & Treaty forum In conversation with Senator Lidia Thorpe, Uncle Gary Foley, Uncle Jim Everett and others.

This event aims to provide an opportunity to hear from First Nations Elders and leaders about where to go from here on First Nations Justice.

We will be discussing the importance of Truth Telling as the first step – looking at current developments, and what a national Truth Telling process would contribute. We will also discuss what genuine, inclusive Treaty processes would look like, from the grassroots to National & International levels.

Treaty must be for the people, by the people. It has to come from the ground up, and each of us have a role to play in making it happen."

#Indigenous #Aboriginal #Treaty #TruthTelling #TreatyNow #Australia #AusPol #FirstNations #IndigenousRights #AboriginalRights #FirstNationsRights #IndigenousJustice #AboriginalJustice #FirstNationsJustice #LidiaThorpe #News #Political #Activism #OnlineEvent #Victoria #VoicetoParliament #Humanitix #AustraliaPolitics #HumanRights #Aus #Aussie #RacialJustice #Racial_Justice #Sovereignty #Indigenous_Sovereignty #SovereigntyNeverCeded

TRUTH TELLING & TREATY FORUM

🗓️ Thursday 20th Jun 2024, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm AEST
🏤 Fitzroy Town Hall, 201 Napier St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia (or via livestream)
💰 $0 (First Nations - Online and In-Person), $5 (Online), $5 (General Admission - Unemployed), $10 (General Admission - Employed) or $25 (General Admission - Solidarity)

💚 Following the devastatingly divisive Voice to Parliament last October, so-called Australians (Yes and Sovereign No/Abstaining voters alike) NEED to be advocating for Treaty and Truth Telling NOW.

🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/truth-telling-and-treaty-forum

Event brief: "A Truth Telling & Treaty forum In conversation with Senator Lidia Thorpe, Uncle Gary Foley, Uncle Jim Everett and others.

This event aims to provide an opportunity to hear from First Nations Elders and leaders about where to go from here on First Nations Justice.

We will be discussing the importance of Truth Telling as the first step – looking at current developments, and what a national Truth Telling process would contribute. We will also discuss what genuine, inclusive Treaty processes would look like, from the grassroots to National & International levels.

Treaty must be for the people, by the people. It has to come from the ground up, and each of us have a role to play in making it happen."

#Indigenous #Aboriginal #Treaty #TruthTelling #TreatyNow #Australia #AusPol #FirstNations #IndigenousRights #AboriginalRights #FirstNationsRights #IndigenousJustice #AboriginalJustice #FirstNationsJustice #LidiaThorpe #News #Political #Activism #OnlineEvent #Victoria #VoicetoParliament #Humanitix #AustraliaPolitics #HumanRights #Aus #Aussie #RacialJustice #Racial_Justice #Sovereignty #Indigenous_Sovereignty #SovereigntyNeverCeded

TRUTH TELLING & TREATY FORUM

🗓️ Thursday 20th Jun 2024, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm AEST
🏤 Fitzroy Town Hall, 201 Napier St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia (or via livestream)
💰 $0 (First Nations - Online and In-Person), $5 (Online), $5 (General Admission - Unemployed), $10 (General Admission - Employed) or $25 (General Admission - Solidarity)

💚 Following the devastatingly divisive Voice to Parliament last October, so-called Australians (Yes and Sovereign No/Abstaining voters alike) NEED to be advocating for Treaty and Truth Telling NOW.

🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/truth-telling-and-treaty-forum

Event brief: "A Truth Telling & Treaty forum In conversation with Senator Lidia Thorpe, Uncle Gary Foley, Uncle Jim Everett and others.

This event aims to provide an opportunity to hear from First Nations Elders and leaders about where to go from here on First Nations Justice.

We will be discussing the importance of Truth Telling as the first step – looking at current developments, and what a national Truth Telling process would contribute. We will also discuss what genuine, inclusive Treaty processes would look like, from the grassroots to National & International levels.

Treaty must be for the people, by the people. It has to come from the ground up, and each of us have a role to play in making it happen."

#Indigenous #Aboriginal #Treaty #TruthTelling #TreatyNow #Australia #AusPol #FirstNations #IndigenousRights #AboriginalRights #FirstNationsRights #IndigenousJustice #AboriginalJustice #FirstNationsJustice #LidiaThorpe #News #Political #Activism #OnlineEvent #Victoria #VoicetoParliament #Humanitix #AustraliaPolitics #HumanRights #Aus #Aussie #RacialJustice #Racial_Justice #Sovereignty #Indigenous_Sovereignty #SovereigntyNeverCeded

TRUTH TELLING & TREATY FORUM

🗓️ Thursday 20th Jun 2024, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm AEST
🏤 Fitzroy Town Hall, 201 Napier St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia (or via livestream)
💰 $0 (First Nations - Online and In-Person), $5 (Online), $5 (General Admission - Unemployed), $10 (General Admission - Employed) or $25 (General Admission - Solidarity)

💚 Following the devastatingly divisive Voice to Parliament last October, so-called Australians (Yes and Sovereign No/Abstaining voters alike) NEED to be advocating for Treaty and Truth Telling NOW.

🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/truth-telling-and-treaty-forum

Event brief: "A Truth Telling & Treaty forum In conversation with Senator Lidia Thorpe, Uncle Gary Foley, Uncle Jim Everett and others.

This event aims to provide an opportunity to hear from First Nations Elders and leaders about where to go from here on First Nations Justice.

We will be discussing the importance of Truth Telling as the first step – looking at current developments, and what a national Truth Telling process would contribute. We will also discuss what genuine, inclusive Treaty processes would look like, from the grassroots to National & International levels.

Treaty must be for the people, by the people. It has to come from the ground up, and each of us have a role to play in making it happen."

#Indigenous #Aboriginal #Treaty #TruthTelling #TreatyNow #Australia #AusPol #FirstNations #IndigenousRights #AboriginalRights #FirstNationsRights #IndigenousJustice #AboriginalJustice #FirstNationsJustice #LidiaThorpe #News #Political #Activism #OnlineEvent #Victoria #VoicetoParliament #Humanitix #AustraliaPolitics #HumanRights #Aus #Aussie #RacialJustice #Racial_Justice #Sovereignty #Indigenous_Sovereignty #SovereigntyNeverCeded

"That people who have only been on this continent for 235 years would refuse to recognise those whose home this land has been for 60,000 and more years is beyond reason," said Indigenous Australians after last year's failed Voice to Parliament referendum.

What's really messed up is that this statement can be applied to any of the countries created by invading White settlers in the last 2 or 3 centuries.

#Neocolonialism #Wednesday #VoiceToParliament #IndigenousRights #Australia

I wonder if the attitude of the reactionary new NZ government is a repercussion of the Voice referendum loss here. Has perhaps emboldened those wanting to ignore First Nations people.
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Maori protests: Thousands march in NZ cities against plans to wind back Maori gains

#NZpol #auspol #VoicetoParliament https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/thousands-march-against-policies-that-could-wind-back-maori-gains-20231205-p5ep1x.html

Overwhelming majority of Australians support a First Nations voice despite referendum defeat, finds ANU survey

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-27/anu-survey-referendum-first-nations-voice-to-parliament/103154902
#AusPol #VoiceToParliament

How it was done - and will be done again.

"Big Money (e.g. billionaires, fossil fuel giants, rapacious financial behemoths) want the public to act — and vote — in ways that will favour them (that is, make them richer).

By nature, this almost always means coaxing the public to vote against its own interests."
...
"Applying a combination of logical gymnastics, half-truths, untruths, omissions, or even outright lies, the message from Big Money becomes instead something highly palatable to the public."
...
"Unethical Media serves as an exoskeleton, a form of legitimiser, for broader, much more blatant, disinformation and lies (favouring Big Money) that are clinically spread across social media. Read: Climate change is a hoax; wind farms will annihilate whales; the Voice would be a third chamber of parliament…"
#AusPol #VoiceToParliament #disinformation #democracy
https://theshot.net.au/news/general-news/australias-wealthiest-super-elites-conspired-to-kill-the-voice/

'The No movement was a precision-executed sham — bankrolled by the super-rich. The “elite” of the “elite”.' #voicereferendum2023 #voicetoparliament #AusPol https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/white-mans-dark-money-meet-the-no-campaign-bankrollers,18043

"Elon Musk, the world’s most powerful individual, has created “shadow rule”. His algorithms determined our choices in ways we were not even aware of. He is already more powerful than Rupert Murdoch ever was with print media and television."
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2023/10/28/truth-and-the-threats-liberal-democracy#mtr
#AusPol #VoiceToParliament #disinformation #manipulation #propaganda

One assumption that was made throughout the #VoiceToParliament debate & in the analysis of the overwhelming racist result is that all those apparently supporting a "Yes" vote actually desired a "Yes" outcome.

I believe that to be a naive idea, one can destroy an idea with faint praise possibly better than with outright opposition.

There is never going to be a Treaty, there was never ever going to be a Treaty, the Neoliberals & other racists decided that long ago.

This recent debacle was just them making sure of that by setting up a straightforward moral decision of a simple black & white issue as though there was something to be debated, then confusing the issue to the best of their ability.

This result will enable them to deny any possibility of anything even vaguely resembling a Treaty, because, you know ... "the will of the people".

Machiavelli lives.

#auspol #Voice #bipartisan #bastardry

One assumption that was made throughout the #VoiceToParliament debate & in the analysis of the overwhelming racist result is that all those apparently supporting a "Yes" vote actually desired a "Yes" outcome.

I believe that to be a naive idea, one can destroy an idea with faint praise possibly better than with outright opposition.

There is never going to be a Treaty, there was never ever going to be a Treaty, the Neoliberals & other racists decided that long ago.

This recent debacle was just them making sure of that by setting up a straightforward moral decision of a simple black & white issue as though there was something to be debated, then confusing the issue to the best of their ability.

This result will enable them to deny any possibility of anything even vaguely resembling a Treaty, because, you know ... "the will of the people".

Machiavelli lives.

#auspol #Voice #bipartisan #bastardry

One assumption that was made throughout the #VoiceToParliament debate & in the analysis of the overwhelming racist result is that all those apparently supporting a "Yes" vote actually desired a "Yes" outcome.

I believe that to be a naive idea, one can destroy an idea with faint praise possibly better than with outright opposition.

There is never going to be a Treaty, there was never ever going to be a Treaty, the Neoliberals & other racists decided that long ago.

This recent debacle was just them making sure of that by setting up a straightforward moral decision of a simple black & white issue as though there was something to be debated, then confusing the issue to the best of their ability.

This result will enable them to deny any possibility of anything even vaguely resembling a Treaty, because, you know ... "the will of the people".

Machiavelli lives.

#auspol #Voice #bipartisan #bastardry

One assumption that was made throughout the #VoiceToParliament debate & in the analysis of the overwhelming racist result is that all those apparently supporting a "Yes" vote actually desired a "Yes" outcome.

I believe that to be a naive idea, one can destroy an idea with faint praise possibly better than with outright opposition.

There is never going to be a Treaty, there was never ever going to be a Treaty, the Neoliberals & other racists decided that long ago.

This recent debacle was just them making sure of that by setting up a straightforward moral decision of a simple black & white issue as though there was something to be debated, then confusing the issue to the best of their ability.

This result will enable them to deny any possibility of anything even vaguely resembling a Treaty, because, you know ... "the will of the people".

Machiavelli lives.

#auspol #Voice #bipartisan #bastardry

One assumption that was made throughout the #VoiceToParliament debate & in the analysis of the overwhelming racist result is that all those apparently supporting a "Yes" vote actually desired a "Yes" outcome.

I believe that to be a naive idea, one can destroy an idea with faint praise possibly better than with outright opposition.

There is never going to be a Treaty, there was never ever going to be a Treaty, the Neoliberals & other racists decided that long ago.

This recent debacle was just them making sure of that by setting up a straightforward moral decision of a simple black & white issue as though there was something to be debated, then confusing the issue to the best of their ability.

This result will enable them to deny any possibility of anything even vaguely resembling a Treaty, because, you know ... "the will of the people".

Machiavelli lives.

#auspol #Voice #bipartisan #bastardry

"The Great Deception". Now there's a phrase that could become a rallying cry.
https://twitter.com/BevFloyd10/status/1717304706211721471
#AusPol #VoiceToParliament #disinformation

Something like this might address the abysmal ignorance exposed by the referendum. Cropped from an image posted on Xitter by @cathywilcox
#AusPol #VoiceToParliament #civics #referendum

Ok now that #AWeeekOfSilence is over. I just want to say again, #Australia, seriously:

#referendum #referendum2023 #voicetoparliament

“…and said she wanted to send a message to young people to keep their heads up.”
#voicetoparliament

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-20/youth-focus-after-voice-referendum-kimberley-youth-leaders/102997242

Still trying to get my head around where the 'No' mob came from (and hopefully gain some insights into where they might go next). The image is from the Facebook group currently titled "Voice No - Audit Yes".
https://www.facebook.com/groups/950642862921772/posts/1046856446633746/?comment_id=1046909686628422&reply_comment_id=1048867103099347
#AusPol #ConspiracyTheories #VoiceToParliament

Michelle Grattan provides a valuable perspective - as usual. #australia #yes23 #referendum2023 #VoicetoParliament https://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-anthony-albanese-had-good-motives-but-his-referendum-has-done-much-harm-215996

In response, #Labor Premier #AnnastaciaPalaszczuk has said that the process of truth-telling and treaty negotiation won't be pursued without #bipartisan support.

So, what lessons might be drawn from this development?

1. If voters say they don't want their government to listen to the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, then voters are probably also saying they don't want to hear the truth themselves.

2. Supporters of the Statement from the Heart who advocated for #Voice before #Truth or #Treaty often did so explicitly on the assumption that Treaty would be the hardest, and so it is better to start with the 'easier' ask of a #VoiceToParliament in order to build momentum. Yet in Queensland, the failure of this 'easier' step at a federal level now means the process of truth-telling (which had been moving forward and could have helped build lasting community consensus) has been thoroughly derailed.

3. Ironically, the Voice referendum was defeated via the noise created by the various 'voices to parliament' that have been long established for rich corporate colonisers (Murdoch press, Minerals Council, Macquarie Bank, etc.). So now that its been confirmed that these old voices remain supreme, #DavidCrisafulli is just tidying up leftover mess.

2/3

#Auspol #Qldpol #plutocracy

From Instagram. No source. No substantiation. But: 😢
#AusPol #StolenGeneration #reconcilation #VoiceToParliament

From Instagram. No source. No substantiation. But: 😢
#AusPol #StolenGeneration #reconcilation #VoiceToParliament

From Instagram. No source. No substantiation. But: 😢
#AusPol #StolenGeneration #reconcilation #VoiceToParliament

'NO' voters in last Saturday's #Referendum #VoiceReferendum are compulsive liars.
https://x.com/T58388Magic/status/1714063553865433169?s=20

#Voice #VoiceToParliament

'NO' voters in last Saturday's #Referendum #VoiceReferendum are compulsive liars.
https://x.com/T58388Magic/status/1714063553865433169?s=20

#Voice #VoiceToParliament

'NO' voters in last Saturday's #Referendum #VoiceReferendum are compulsive liars.
https://x.com/T58388Magic/status/1714063553865433169?s=20

#Voice #VoiceToParliament

As a Australian from a migrant background it is hard to truly understand the hardships and blessings that First Nations people experience. I can empathise, but I can never truly sympathise (share the feeling). My identity is not connected to the land I come from.

A ‘First Nation’ person’s identity is inseparable from the land they come from. It’s not merely Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It’s people of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations.
The ‘Stolen Generation’ was literally an attempt of kidnapping and dispossessing Indigenous people from the lands they held deep-rooted connections with.
To this modern day, we (the Australian public representated by corporation and government) continue to attempt to demolish places of cultural importance or relocate populations, as if ‘that’s the solution’. The ‘Stolen Generation’ never ended - it simply stopped being official, and stopped targeting people directly.

And we wonder why there’s a massive difference in the referendum between the heavily ‘Yes’ voting Indigenous communities and the rest of the country?
I guess you take your identity for granted. Never had to forcibly renounce your identity and who you are. Never had to fight for your community, because you can just move on. Never felt the need for a constitutionally protected ‘voice’ to make sure your community is heard, because your individualism says ‘It’s not my business’ ‘It doesn’t affect me’.

Of course you take it for granted. First Nation people disproportionally have laws and policies enacted against them, unlike all other ethnic groups in Australia. The closest thing that Australians from migrant backgrounds have experienced is ‘Operation Fortitude’ in Melbourne, 2015. (There were many others policies that never got to implementation, thanks to the thankless work of civil rights and migrant/refugee right groups.)

Who will be the next minority group that is targeted, and claimed to be ‘causing division’ when the division was already there and the majority group simply don’t want to ‘close the gap’.
With the results of this referendum, the nationalists movement in Australia, and Foreign states, have confirmed that many Australian minority groups are willing to turn a blind eye on rights issues of other minority groups. So, don’t be surprised if you’re next.

#HumanRights
#FirstTheyCame #HistoryRepeats
#VoiceToParliament #Referendum2023

Peter Dutton walks back offer of second referendum after voice poll
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/16/peter-dutton-second-referendum-australian-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-poll

<sarcasm> I am so surprised that Dutton backflipped on his offer for a second Voice referendum. </sarcasm>

#AusPol #VoiceToParliament #Yes23 #VoteYes #Referendum2023 #IndigenousVoiceToParliament #FirstNations #Voice #VoteYesAustralia

How the world reacted to the rejection of the #Voice #VoicetoParliament #uneducated
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/how-the-world-reacted-to-the-rejection-of-the-voice-20231015-p5ecal.html

#NewZealand is looking across the ditch to #Australia and I think many at least Pakeha New Zealanders [New Zealanders of European descent] are probably puzzled that what is in their eyes such a modest proposal is struggling to win sufficient votes.
From 1867, #maori people were granted seats in parliament and electorates where only Māori people could contest and vote.
#voice #VoicetoParliament #racism#boganNation #penalcolony

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67076216

Very good article from Sean Kelly in the SMH on a racist Australia

‘Perhaps the most telling moment of the entire campaign came early, when Peter Dutton said the Coalition would hold a referendum on recognition alone: “We went to the last election and a number of elections before that with that as our policy and that will be our policy going into the next election as well.”

‘A policy that has been on the books for years but never delivered: is there a greater symbol of the hollowness at the heart of the supposed goodwill of Australians towards Indigenous people? We want to help, we say, just tell us how! Oh, that’s not a good option. No, not that either. Your people are dying, you say? Let’s wait a while.

‘…Or as novelist Melissa Lucashenko, of Goorie and European heritage, said, “white Australia doesn’t want to give blackfellas anything, even when it’s nothing”.’

#auspol #VoiceToParliament #Treaty #Truth #LNPCruelty #LiberalLiars #Racism #RacistMedia #Auspol

From: @MargieD
https://aus.social/@MargieD/111241568932982110

Very good article from Sean Kelly in the SMH on a racist Australia

‘Perhaps the most telling moment of the entire campaign came early, when Peter Dutton said the Coalition would hold a referendum on recognition alone: “We went to the last election and a number of elections before that with that as our policy and that will be our policy going into the next election as well.”

‘A policy that has been on the books for years but never delivered: is there a greater symbol of the hollowness at the heart of the supposed goodwill of Australians towards Indigenous people? We want to help, we say, just tell us how! Oh, that’s not a good option. No, not that either. Your people are dying, you say? Let’s wait a while.

‘…Or as novelist Melissa Lucashenko, of Goorie and European heritage, said, “white Australia doesn’t want to give blackfellas anything, even when it’s nothing”.’

#auspol #VoiceToParliament #Treaty #Truth #LNPCruelty #LiberalLiars #Racism #RacistMedia #Auspol

From: @MargieD
https://aus.social/@MargieD/111241568932982110

Very good article from Sean Kelly in the SMH on a racist Australia

‘Perhaps the most telling moment of the entire campaign came early, when Peter Dutton said the Coalition would hold a referendum on recognition alone: “We went to the last election and a number of elections before that with that as our policy and that will be our policy going into the next election as well.”

‘A policy that has been on the books for years but never delivered: is there a greater symbol of the hollowness at the heart of the supposed goodwill of Australians towards Indigenous people? We want to help, we say, just tell us how! Oh, that’s not a good option. No, not that either. Your people are dying, you say? Let’s wait a while.

‘…Or as novelist Melissa Lucashenko, of Goorie and European heritage, said, “white Australia doesn’t want to give blackfellas anything, even when it’s nothing”.’

#auspol #VoiceToParliament #Treaty #Truth #LNPCruelty #LiberalLiars #Racism #RacistMedia #Auspol

From: @MargieD
https://aus.social/@MargieD/111241568932982110

Very good article from Sean Kelly in the SMH on a racist Australia

‘Perhaps the most telling moment of the entire campaign came early, when Peter Dutton said the Coalition would hold a referendum on recognition alone: “We went to the last election and a number of elections before that with that as our policy and that will be our policy going into the next election as well.”

‘A policy that has been on the books for years but never delivered: is there a greater symbol of the hollowness at the heart of the supposed goodwill of Australians towards Indigenous people? We want to help, we say, just tell us how! Oh, that’s not a good option. No, not that either. Your people are dying, you say? Let’s wait a while.

‘…Or as novelist Melissa Lucashenko, of Goorie and European heritage, said, “white Australia doesn’t want to give blackfellas anything, even when it’s nothing”.’

#auspol #VoiceToParliament #Treaty #Truth #LNPCruelty #LiberalLiars #Racism #RacistMedia #Auspol

From: @MargieD
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Very good article from Sean Kelly in the SMH on a racist Australia

‘Perhaps the most telling moment of the entire campaign came early, when Peter Dutton said the Coalition would hold a referendum on recognition alone: “We went to the last election and a number of elections before that with that as our policy and that will be our policy going into the next election as well.”

‘A policy that has been on the books for years but never delivered: is there a greater symbol of the hollowness at the heart of the supposed goodwill of Australians towards Indigenous people? We want to help, we say, just tell us how! Oh, that’s not a good option. No, not that either. Your people are dying, you say? Let’s wait a while.

‘…Or as novelist Melissa Lucashenko, of Goorie and European heritage, said, “white Australia doesn’t want to give blackfellas anything, even when it’s nothing”.’

#auspol #VoiceToParliament #Treaty #Truth #LNPCruelty #LiberalLiars #Racism #RacistMedia #Auspol

From: @MargieD
https://aus.social/@MargieD/111241568932982110