#voicetreatytruth — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #voicetreatytruth, aggregated by home.social.
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Walking for truth: Travis Lovett’s 500km journey to remind Albanese of his promise to create a First Nations truth-telling commission https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/19/walking-for-truth-travis-lovetts-500km-journey-albanese-first-nations-truth-telling-commission-ntwnfb
Former Yoorrook justice commissioner says he wants to start a national discussion on a subject that is often misunderstood by the wider public
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The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre unite for Flora after failed referendum https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/flora-australian-ballet-bangarra-dance-theatre-frances-rings/106526980 #IndigenousIP #dance #theatre #music #plants #voicetreatytruth
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What is makarrata and has Albanese broken an election promise? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/05/what-is-makarrata-anthony-albanese-controversy-indigenous-leaders
The PM’s interpretation of the concept appears to differ from the one Indigenous leaders promote, sparking accusations he is abandoning it in favour of ‘casual conversations’. #IndigenousIP #Voicetreatytruth #auspol #auslaw #Makaratta -
'This is a truth-telling moment for Australia and a wake up call that we need to really do so much better and have those courageous conversations about racism and Indigenous rights.'
Hannah McGlade, a lawyer and member of the UN permanent forum on Indigenous issues, said the result was a damning result for Australia’s international reputation but said it could be a moment of moving forward and continuing the fight to close the gap in incarceration rates, child removals, poverty and other social determinants.
'We’ll keep fighting for our people’s human rights and for dignity, for equality, and practical reforms. Our children deserve a life and a future.' https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/14/indigenous-australians-grapple-with-gut-wrenching-result-but-pledge-to-keep-fighting
#auspol #auslaw #IndigenousIP #voicetreatytruth #ulurustatement
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'Today we've failed the empathy test... The empathy gap we can measure in tonight’s result points to some stark realities. A lot of Australians have never met an Indigenous person. Generations of Australians are unaware at a granular level about the foundational wrong that occurred at the time of settlement, and the litany of policy disasters that followed it, because that history wasn’t taught until relatively recently. Some Australians who live alongside Indigenous communities don’t make the connection between the studied phenomenon of intergenerational trauma and the problems they see.' | Katharine Murphy https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/oct/14/albanese-wanted-to-end-two-centuries-of-silence-but-we-said-no-and-failed-our-first-nations-people #auspol #auslaw #voicetreatytruth #ulurustatement #IndigenousIP
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CW: My take on the Voice Referendum result
What a disgraceful result and sadly reflects the ignorance, denial, deep seated #racism and #prejudice our country continues to suffer from. I’m sorry the majority of Australia couldn’t find it in their hearts to walk together with our First Nations people with this generous & modest #voice proposal. Shame on you Australia. The truth telling of this #referendum is plain to see. What an embarrassing moment in our history. 😥#VoicetoParliament #referendum2023 #ulurustatementfromtheheart #thevoice #auspol #yes23 #racism #ignorance #VoiceTreatyTruth #reconciliation #voteyes
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CW: TW Voice to Parliament, AusPol
Very, VERY important things for my fellow whites in #Australia to consider when you vote today ~ https://www.facebook.com/keiran.stewart/posts/pfbid06WMBj5oQPXrsFnhZ2yrferPNujT1zrSJP49BB18EnP4JU4wAh7GThr5LMytqUETMl
Have you actually been listening to First Nations people and their history, or are you listening to propaganda funded by the same mining giants and centrist-conservative politicians who have been undermining First Nations (and other racialised people such as Palestinians and asylum seekers) rights for years, if not decades?
The #VoiceToParliament was NOT made by Indigenous people, it was prescribed to them in a false ultimatum, both at the conventions in 2017 and especially now during the referendum. There was, and there continues to be, major Indigenous protest to the proposals, claims of near-unanimous Indigenous support are blatantly false.
We should NOT keep boiling this down to a racism litmus test. Yes =/= not-racist, especially if you use that to talk down on Indigenous people who are undecided or opposed to the Voice (white paternalism is still racism, we need to let go of the myth that racism only exists as overt hatred). No =/= racist, especially when Indigenous people are saying No or abstaining in favour of stronger, more self-determined measures.
The Voice isn't the only, let alone best, solution. This #referendum isn't an ultimatum, so why do we insist on treating it like it is? If you're voting Yes to not "let the racists win" despite being aware of Indigenous trepidation regarding the subject, you are centering your own white guilt and Australia's international reputation over the racism itself... it doesn't absolve the more normalised, "benevolent" forms of racism on display there. Ignoring undecided and oppositional Indigenous voices erases the self-determination you claim to be advocating for.
A single vote won't dismantle systemic racism, even if the Voice had been as self-empowering and productive in the process of its creation as its expensive, sensationalised advertising has claimed. We are ALL racist, as racism is an inherent part of the white-centred sociopolitical power structures we exist in. The sooner we can come to terms with that and start centering the voices that actually matter, the better.
#VoteYES #VoteNO #SovereignNO #TreatyBeforeVoice #BlakSovereignMovement #Referendum2023 #VoiceTreatyTruth #TreatyBeforeVoice #BlackPeoplesUnion
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'It's a splinter in the mind,
a whisper in the heart
A feeling something's missing,
some crucial little part
It's business that's unfinished,
a reckoning that's due
If not now, then when?
If not us, then who?Too many falling far behind,
shut out of the deal
If you called and no-one heard you, imagine how you'd feel
This land was never given,
it was taken and then sold
But its ancient songs and stories
are a gift greater than gold'#yes23 #voteyes #yes #voteYES #voteYESaustralia #voice #VoiceTreatyTruth #PaulKelly
https://open.spotify.com/track/7HDCdkFhCUzLhq2OyUpa19?si=QryZVf52S02h_6ktG5NoEQ
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"The Uluru Statement from the Heart, a work of deep reflection and extensive consultation within Aboriginal communities, is a generous gift to our nation," Tim Winton wrote.
https://nit.com.au/19-09-2023/7746/acclaimed-author-tim-winton-throws-his-support-behind-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament
"But it's also a compelling plea for our First Peoples to be seen and properly listened to. It's an opportunity for all of us – Indigenous, native-born and immigrant – to go forward together in a new spirit of respect, honesty and hope."For something better. To do better. To be better. And to produce better outcomes for those in our midst whose lives are so often constrained, deformed, devalued and cut short because of trauma, exclusion and the ignorance of others."
"And to their offer of unity, and their plea for a Voice that reflects their expertise, their experience and their ideas, I say yes. From the head and from the heart. Yes!"
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Australians can ‘lift burden of history’ with yes vote, says emotional Albanese at Uluru https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/10/australians-can-lift-burden-of-history-with-yes-vote-says-emotional-albanese-at-uluru #auspol #auslaw #IndigenousIP #voicetreatytruth #ulurustatement
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Paul Kelly Asks ‘If Not Now’ For The YES Vote https://www.noise11.com/news/paul-kelly-asks-if-not-now-for-the-yes-vote-20230902 #music #Indigenousvoice #voicetreatytruth #auspol #auslaw
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Paul Kelly Releases New Song 'If Not Now' For Yes Campaign https://themusic.com.au/news/paul-kelly-releases-if-not-now-for-yes-campaign/kKkugoWEh4Y/01-09-23 #music #Indigenousvoice #voicetreatytruth #auspol #auslaw
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Indigenous voice to parliament referendum date announced as 14 October, PM reveals https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/30/referendum-date-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-vote-australia-anthony-albanese #auspol #auslaw #voicetreatytruth #Indigenousvoice #IndigenousIP
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From Little Things Big Things Grow - singer-songwriter Paul Kelly on why he is voting Yes. #auspol #Indigenousvoice #voice #VoiceTreatyTruth
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Michael Long begins long walk for Indigenous voice to parliament: ‘The hatred’s got to stop. We’re old enough to have those discussions as people [without the] negativity. We’re better than that as Australians.' https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/27/michael-long-begins-long-walk-for-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-the-hatreds-got-to-stop #auspol #auslaw #Indigenousvoice #voicetreatytruth #ulurustatement
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One doorknock at a time: inside the yes campaign’s bid to win hearts and minds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/02/one-doorknock-at-a-time-inside-the-yes-campaigns-bid-to-win-hearts-and-minds #auslaw #auspol #voicetreatytruth #Indigenousvoice
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Indigenous elder Leslie Schultz finds voice at United Nations, while pushing for Voice to Parliament at home https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-07/ngadju-elder-voice-to-parliament-indigenous-united-nations-un/102310424 via @ABCaustralia #UNPFII #UNDRIP #IndigenousIP #voicetreatytruth #auslaw #auspol
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https://theconversation.com/the-australian-war-memorial-must-deal-properly-with-the-frontier-wars-203851
Excellent discussion of why the #AustralianWarMemorial needs to tell the #Truth about the Australian wars fought in the 19th & 20th centuries – direct consequences of the first acts of dispossession of 1788 #VoiceTreatyTruth #auspol -
https://theconversation.com/the-australian-war-memorial-must-deal-properly-with-the-frontier-wars-203851
Excellent discussion of why the #AustralianWarMemorial needs to tell the #Truth about the Australian wars fought in the 19th & 20th centuries – direct consequences of the first acts of dispossession of 1788 #VoiceTreatyTruth #auspol -
https://theconversation.com/the-australian-war-memorial-must-deal-properly-with-the-frontier-wars-203851
Excellent discussion of why the #AustralianWarMemorial needs to tell the #Truth about the Australian wars fought in the 19th & 20th centuries – direct consequences of the first acts of dispossession of 1788 #VoiceTreatyTruth #auspol -
15 years ago, I was in Australian Parliament, watching Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the Stolen Generations. Now, on the 15th anniversary of the apology to the Stolen Generations, the Albanese Government unveils $425 million Closing the Gap plan https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-13/closing-the-gap-plan-unveiled-425-million/101963816 via @ABCaustralia #theapology #closingthegap #voicetreatytruth #auspol #auslaw #IndigenousIP
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CW: AUSPol: The Nationals and the ‘Indigenous voice’
It’s quite astounding how divided ‘The Nationals’ are on several major national and international issues.
Now add the Indigenous Voice, shows the lack of ‘footwork’ by Fed’ leader, Littlepool MP: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/29/nationals-fracture-over-federal-opposition-to-indigenous-voice
#AusPol #TheNationals #UluruStatement #VoiceTreatyTruth