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Indigenous Australia

Dutton’s Pyrrhic victory – Pearls and Irritations

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The White Australian Majority trampled on an Indigenous request 5 years in the making. ” Oh, I didn’t know” is simply a Racist cover”

Certainly, Dutton has demonstrated that disinformation, division and some outright lies can confuse and motivate large sections of the community.

“The giant Gulliver of Australian goodwill allowed itself to be immobilised by a hundred petty Lilliputian doubts and fears, turning five years of Yes into a decisive No.

“John Howard for instance, urged people to vote NO because of the need to ‘maintain the rage’. What in earth does the former prime minister have to be so angry about? What is about a disadvantaged minority comprising 3% of the population that demands a sustained national rage?”

Moreover, there is the question of trust. Before the last Federal election Scott Morrison topped the list of most distrusted Australian politicians. Peter Dutton came second. The rest of the top 10 were also Liberals.

Dutton looks as if he is set to take over the top place – much to the advantage of the Teals and Anthony Albanese.

Source: Dutton’s Pyrrhic victory – Pearls and Irritations

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Voice to Parliament a chance to minimise Indigenous child imprisonment

Establishing the Indigenous Voice to Parliament will provide an opportunity for First Nations Australians to make a better life for troubled youth, writes Eleanor Limprecht.

Source: Voice to Parliament a chance to minimise Indigenous child imprisonment

Indigenous Australia

We have failed the First Nations people – » The Australian Independent Media Network

“The aspirations of Aboriginal Australians are expressed through a political system designed, first and foremost, for the white majority.”

Source: We have failed the First Nations people – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Indigenous Australia

Yes rallies issue calls to cut through Voice falsehoods

Warren Mundine Voice

Warren Mudine says he represents Indigenous Australians but doesn’t name any of them nor do you ever see him with an Indigenous crowd standing behind him when speaking. Then he goes on to say if Yes wins he will jump ship and “try” to be elected to represent Indigenous Australians while also trying to get preelected by the No Voter’s LNP Senate ticket. Meanwhile, Mundine is a foundation member and the spokesperson for Advance otherwise known as Fair Australia funded by non-other than the American, ultra Right-wing, anti- Climate Change group, the  Heritage Foundation who make the KKK, neo-Nazis and Christian Nationalists look like political amateurs when it comes to influencing global politics.

Warren Mundine is the ex-president of the ALP we know only too well that he’s an ambitious self-interested operator cut from the same cloth as Scott Morrison who currently supports his preselection for that Senate seat. Mundine worked for Murdoch’s Sky News for heaven’s sake with a $300K+ grant from the LNP.  The man chases money and power and has the political integrity of a yo-yo. He’s currently advocating anything and everything in order not to entirely destroy his opportunities post-October 14th.. The man is a Golem and in my view that only represents himself. He’s a “Coconut” to many indigenous Australians who it’s said divorced his wife because she was too black.

Mass marches have taken place across the nation, with Indigenous leaders calling for those who support a constitutionally enshrined advisory body to cut through disinformation they say is being spread by the ‘no’ side.

Source: Yes rallies issue calls to cut through Voice falsehoods

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Indigenous disadvantage tells us much about our history – » The Australian Independent Media Network

These major issues indicate that a history of racist views and policies began in Australia in 1788 and still manifests society today. History books account of the struggles of Europeans to claim this continent as their own, whereas a curtain of silence has shielded generations of students from recognising how European expansion swept away the land rights of the original inhabitants.

Source: Indigenous disadvantage tells us much about our history – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Indigenous Affairs, Indigenous Australia

The Rights of Indigenous People – Pearls and Irritations

New York, USA. 4th May, 2017. Les Malezer, a member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, is seen in the UN press briefing room. On the penultimate day of the 16th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (April 24 - May 5), Forum Rapporteur Brian Keane, Forum member Les Malezer and Mai Thin Yu Mon from the Asia Indigenous People's Pact spoke at a press briefing at UN Headquarters, delivering their assessment of the Forum's key outcomes. Image: Alamy/PACIFIC PRESS/Alamy Live News

John Howard  voted against what 143 Nations voted for and shamed this nation

The 13th of September 2007 was an important day in the history of Australian diplomacy although few people have heard of it.

The 13th of September 2007 was an important day in the history of Australian diplomacy although few people have heard of it. That was the occasion when veteran Aboriginal activist Les Malezer addressed the U.N’s General Assembly as the Chair of the Global Indigenous Caucus and introduced the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People.

It was, he declared, a momentous and historic occasion for both the Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations. ‘It was a tool for peace and justice, based on mutual recognition and mutual respect.’ The Declaration passed with the support of 143 nations. Eleven nations abstained while Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States voted against it, a decision reversed by the incoming Rudd government in April 2009.

Source: The Rights of Indigenous People – Pearls and Irritations

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Yes to Listening – The Fiberal Party of Australia – Lies & Misdemeanours | Facebook

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Australia isn’t British. It’s a 240-year-old nation built on other people’s land. For clarity alone in 2023, what should be recognized in our Constitution and founding statement is who we are. If we respect those First Peoples, on whose land we sit let’s acknowledge that. 90 % of Australians agreed in 1967 and do today. Those who say No accept “might is right” rather than any belief in “Universal Human Rights” for which WW2 was fought. These same No-Sayers accept that Australia has currently No Bill of Human Rights, the very concept our Diggers really fought and died for. King and country make us look very misguided today when even King Charles is happy to see us become a Republic.

The nations we currently stand shoulder-to-shoulder with are Russia, China, and Nth Korea, and peculiarly the UK who are supporting Ukranian rights against the Russian invasion. To the rest of the world, we are seen as simply dominated by a minority of backward racists

“Put simply, the Constitution is the rule book of the nation. It is the highest of written laws that determine how all other laws are made, and by whom – the state or federal parliaments. As the foundational document for the Australian Federation or, as some describe it, the birth certificate of our modern nation, above all other laws and decrees, the Constitution defines our modern nation. Yet it does not recognise Indigenous people. Who would say that First Nations people – a people and a culture that has lived and flourished on and with this country for tens of thousands of years – should not be included in Australia’s Constitution? Australia’s forefathers may have denied this, and did so violently. But today, Australia can be different. For our ‘young’ nation to mature, constitutional recognition is vital. It is a matter for all of us – a chance to redefine our Australian identity and to right a wrong from the past. When Australia embraces the longest continuing culture on the planet as what constitutes us – the building blocks of our national DNA – we will share a unique identity in the world – an identity we can all be proud of.

Source: “Put… – The Fiberal Party of Australia – Lies & Misdemeanours | Facebook

Indigenous Australia

Support for Indigenous voice under 50 pct: Newspoll – Michael West

 

The Newspoll conducted for The Australian newspaper and reported on Sunday night shows 46 per cent of all voters support the voice to parliament while 43 per cent are opposed and 11 per cent don’t know.

Source: Support for Indigenous voice under 50 pct: Newspoll – Michael West

Indigenous Australia

Why wouldn’t you vote Yes? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Justice Crowley is the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in Australia to be appointed as a Supreme Court justice. His Honour is an impressive person, not only because he displays erudition, but there is also a dignity to his manner which emanates from a place of compassion which is untrammeled by any matters of the racism he endured during his early life. As I stated at the outset of this article, Justice Crowley so eloquently stated last Monday evening, “Why wouldn’t you vote yes.” It is a yes from me, as I hope it is from all of you.

Source: Why wouldn’t you vote Yes? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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‘Habits of civilised life’: how one state forced Indigenous people to meet onerous conditions to obtain citizenship

Why truth-telling matters

Courts and policymakers are still making decisions about the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples without full knowledge of Indigenous histories and how they continue to affect people today. In our forthcoming book, I argue that even Australia’s highest court has presented a misleading, “whitewashed” view of the history of Indigenous belonging since 1788.

Source: ‘Habits of civilised life’: how one state forced Indigenous people to meet onerous conditions to obtain citizenship

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Murdoch Media ““ ‘Lawyers backing Yes for money’, may it please the court”.

The heart of the nation

The Australian headlines Stuart Wood (Vic) comment on NSW’s Bar Association support for The Voice has to be the lowest historical dog act ever seen in the Australian media. They might as well have headlined a KKK comment from the USA for the relevance Wood’s words have for the NSW Association

“The headline crawled across the front of The Australian like a Warren Zevon song: “ ‘Lawyers backing Yes for money’, may it please the court”.

Source: Stuart Wood  describes support for the Voice as a commercial decision

Indigenous Affairs, Indigenous Australia

Voice ‘no’ vote could leave youth hopeless: Wyatt – Michael West

Australia risks a “futility syndrome” among its Indigenous youth if it votes ‘no’ to the voice to parliament, leaving them without hope for their futures, former minister Ken Wyatt says.

Source: Voice ‘no’ vote could leave youth hopeless: Wyatt – Michael West

Indigenous Australia, Indigenous Australians

Eddie Betts backs the Voice to parliament

Eddie Betts said he had canvassed a range of views before deciding to back the Voice.

AFL great Eddie Betts has thrown his support behind an Indigenous Voice to parliament, describing the proposal as a pathway to inclusion and respect in decision-making.

Source: Eddie Betts backs the Voice to parliament

Indigenous Australia

Voice Referendum: Vote ‘YES’ with no illusions

The Left is right to point to flaws in the Voice model but must still vote “Yes”, as a “No” vote means siding with Peter Dutton and the racist rabble of the Right, writes Dr Martin Hirst.

Source: Voice Referendum: Vote ‘YES’ with no illusions

Indigenous Australia

An Indigenous Voice to Parliament will not give ‘special rights’ or create a veto

The Constitutional Expert Group, appointed to advise on the proposed Voice to Parliament referendum, has concluded that the “draft amendment is constitutionally sound” and does not amount to a “veto” power or provide anyone with “special rights”.

How does this fit into the current debate?

 

Source: An Indigenous Voice to Parliament will not give ‘special rights’ or create a veto

Indigenous Affairs, Indigenous Australia, Indigenous Australians

Nationals under fire over voice decision – Michael West

When Class systematically dissects even those that deserve attention the most it’s used to political advantage to put the brakes on recognition of injustice and halt progressive and just change

“It is important we bring respect to this. This should be a conversation we should be able to have,” he added.

Labor minister Bill Shorten told Nine Ms Burney had been a great advocate for First Nations Australians.

“The issue is about whether or not we put First Nations people on the nation’s birth certificate, the Constitution,” he said.

 

Source: Nationals under fire over voice decision – Michael West

Indigenous Australia, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Recognition

In The Australian Wars, Rachel Perkins dispenses with the myth Aboriginal people didn’t fight back

The Australian Wars is a new three-part TV series directed and produced by Arrernte and Kalkadoon nations filmmaker Rachel Perkins.

Perkins travels across vast territory to capture key aspects of a war that lasted more than 100 years, from the landing of the First Fleet in 1788 until the 1920s.

The series traces some of the key phases, sites and underlying features of frontier wars here on home soil.

Source: In The Australian Wars, Rachel Perkins dispenses with the myth Aboriginal people didn’t fight back

Indigenous Affairs, Indigenous Australia, Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians know this land, and how to use it – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Indigenous Australians know this land, and how to use it – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Indigenous Australians know this land, and how to use it – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Indigenous abuse, Indigenous Affairs, Indigenous Australia, Indigenous Australians, Uncategorized

Kevin Rudd says Tony Abbott is wrong on the Voice to parliament

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has launched a scathing rebuke of the emerging conservative campaign against a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to parliament, attacking his longtime rival Tony Abbott for suggesting the body would change Australia’s system of government.

Kevin Rudd says Tony Abbott is wrong on the Voice to parliament
Indigenous Australia

Old Dog Thought- It’s been a long time coming to put a Nations World and Self- Respect back on the Political Agenda. Here’s hoping!!

Fighting Fake News with REAL; 1/8/22; Garma; LNP; Albanesepolls 61%;

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Why the Coalition risks a backlash if it breaks the Voice

Whenever the former prime minister paid his respects to Indigenous leaders past, present and emerging, he would include a shout-out to any servicemen and women in the audience. At best, it had been a clumsy attempt by Morrison to drape himself in the Australian flag; at worst, a passive-aggressive reminder that the white man was in charge.

Why the Coalition risks a backlash if it breaks the Voice
Indigenous Australia

After more than 200 years of waiting, Albanese puts forward a ‘simple’ proposition for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament – ABC News

After more than 200 years of waiting, Albanese puts forward a ‘simple’ proposition for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament – ABC News

After more than 200 years of waiting, Albanese puts forward a ‘simple’ proposition for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament – ABC News
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Indigenous Voice to parliament: First Nations Voice will meet Peter Dutton’s demand

The incoming Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney has urged the opposition to support the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Linda Burney urges Peter Dutton to support Indigenous Voice

Dutton’s response still seems more a case of “victim-blaming” which has gone on for over 230 years. His claim might get onside if they clean up their act is simply that. In what world does The Age editorial see that as change? The Age clearly stands with the same colonist attitude that has always blamed indigenous Australians for their own historical demise and it not being in any way the effect or result of the racist colonial system forcefully implanted on them for over two centuries.

Dutton needs to be more Burney, Dodgson, and all of us Australians more Indigenous. That’s why a voice to parliament is a necessity and not just a promised gift or slight adjustment to our current system.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has indicated he may be open to supporting a referendum on a First Nations Voice to parliament, but he wants “the symbolic … to be accompanied by practical responses”. He wants a Voice to “reduce the incidence of child abuse within those communities” and to improve education, employment and “many other indicators”.

Source: Indigenous Voice to parliament: First Nations Voice will meet Peter Dutton’s demand

Indigenous Australia

To everyone… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Aboriginal Pride by Jodie Freeman

To everyone… – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Indigenous abuse, Indigenous Affairs, Indigenous Australia, Uncategorized

Aurukun locals sitting on $120m trust

Aerial view of Aurukun on the western Cape.

via Aurukun locals sitting on $120m trust

Indigenous abuse, Indigenous Affairs, Indigenous Australia, Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Recognition, Remote indigenous communities

The white system gets in the way of our law – and now we are scared of our sons being shot | Theresa Alice and Amelia Turner | Opinion | The Guardian

Quentin Walker Jurrah protests in front of the Alice Springs police headquarters over the death of his grandson.

As mothers and grandmothers, our spirits are crying. We want to meet with the NT commissioner of police

Source: The white system gets in the way of our law – and now we are scared of our sons being shot | Theresa Alice and Amelia Turner | Opinion | The Guardian

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DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land | The Nation

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This is what Australian Conservatives have been arguing all along in their denial of recognition and treaties. (ODT)

If Native Americans are reduced to little more than another genetic variation, there is no need for laws that acknowledge their land rights, treaty rights, and sovereignty. Nor must any thought be given to how to compensate for past harms, not to speak of the present ones that still structure their realities. A genetic understanding of race distorts such policies into unfair “privileges” offered to a racially defined group and so “discrimination” against non-Natives.

What they share is a single conceptual framework: the idea that the long history that has shaped US-Native American relations has no relevance to today’s realities.

via DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land | The Nation

Indigenous Australia

This interactive map highlights 150 Indigenous massacres | The Feed

colonial massacre

Did you grow up on the site of a massacre?

Source: This interactive map highlights 150 Indigenous massacres | The Feed

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Victorian Parliament to vote on negotiating Australia’s first Aboriginal treaty – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Thirty years since former prime minister Bob Hawke promised a treaty, Aboriginal leaders urged the Federal Government to reignite the idea.

The Lower House of Victoria’s Parliament is scheduled to vote in favour of negotiating Australia’s first Aboriginal treaty today.

via Victorian Parliament to vote on negotiating Australia’s first Aboriginal treaty – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Going around in circles (Part 1) – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The Report seeks to raise awareness of, and calls for action to address, the disproportionate rates of Indigenous incarceration across Australia.

This gap between the rates of Indigenous incarceration and non-Indigenous incarceration is fundamentally unfair. On any given day, there are around 10,000 Indigenous adults in prison – including roughly 1,000 women, 500 Indigenous youth in detention and many more Indigenous People in custody in police cells. (ABS (2016). Corrective Services, Australia, June Quarter 2016. Canberra: ABS; AIHW (2017). Youth justice in Australia 2015–16. Table S85a: Young people aged 10–17 in detention on an average day by Indigenous status, states and territories, 2006–07 to 2015–16 (rate). AIHW Bulletin no. 139. Cat. no. AUS 211. Canberra: AIHW).

via Going around in circles (Part 1) – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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Yolŋu Leader Gives Prince Charles A Treaty Letter Stick… And A Diplomatic ‘Middle Finger’ – New Matilda

A graphic of the letterstick presented to Prince Charles earlier today.

His Royal Highness was presented with a ‘Letter Stick’, and it had none of the warm welcome attached to it that Charles had earlier enjoyed.

It read: “This here is Yolngu Land, we are sovereign people and we live by Yolngu law.

“We have many difficulties with the Australian Governments because they do not recognise our sovereignty. We need to correct this situation, for the sake of our children and their children, for our cultural survival, – for our ancestors. We are the oldest living culture in the world.

“I request, on behalf of the people standing before you, and the Yolngu nations that you intervene on our behalf and take a strong position to acknowledge our sovereignty and promote a pathway to Treaty.

“We are the only indigenous people of a Commonwealth country that does not have the respect or dignity of a Treaty with our people. Will you advocate on our behalf for our justice?

“Please accept this letter stick and create a diplomatic passage for this letter stick from your highly respected position to the Prime Minister of Australia, in order to help our sovereign nations reach Treaty.”

In diplomatic terms, this is a pretty big deal – generally speaking the Australian Government goes to enormous lengths to ensure Prince Charles and family avoid delicate matters like ‘family history’. That might explain why Yingiya Mark Guyula – the elected representative for the region – wasn’t even aware the Prince was visiting until a few days ago.

via Yolŋu Leader Gives Prince Charles A Treaty Letter Stick… And A Diplomatic ‘Middle Finger’ – New Matilda

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Australia justice system overhaul needed to address indigenous incarceration: Inquiry – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A shadowed figure behind a fence

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) inquiry, led by federal court judge Matthew Myers, was commissioned by the Federal Government to investigate whether courts, police and prisons were contributing to the over-incarceration of First Nations people.

The answer was yes, the inquiry found, because the justice system was often entrenching inequalities by not providing enough sentencing options and diversion programs for Indigenous offenders.

Key points:

  1. Inquiry recommends end to practice of jailing people for unpaid fines
  2. Courts should consider First Nations peoples’ systemic and background factors
  3. Governments should set criminal justice targets to reduce incarceration, violence
  4. Advocacy group says the inquiry provides a ‘once in a generations’ chance

via Australia justice system overhaul needed to address indigenous incarceration: Inquiry – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Stolen, imprisoned, given a criminal record: Australia’s shameful treatment of the Stolen Generations revealed | NITV

“How can a child neglect itself?” says Aunty Vickie Roach as she flicks through a stack of papers on the front step of her home near Wollongong, New South Wales. “And in what alternative universe can that child be criminalized? It’s crazy”, she says, shaking her head.

via Stolen, imprisoned, given a criminal record: Australia’s shameful treatment of the Stolen Generations revealed | NITV

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Betrayal: The Turnbull government has burned the bridge of bipartisanship | The Monthly

via Betrayal: The Turnbull government has burned the bridge of bipartisanship | The Monthly

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Breaking the heart | The Saturday Paper

The Saturday Paper logo

Source: Breaking the heart | The Saturday Paper

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Fifty years on from the 1967 referendum, it’s time to tell the truth about race

The result of the 1967 referendum may well have made Australia appear less racist, but it did not address the inherently racist nature of the constitution.

Source: Fifty years on from the 1967 referendum, it’s time to tell the truth about race

Indigenous Australia

The Indefinite Detention Without Trial Of Aboriginal People – New Matilda

The uprising in Kalgoorlie was a cry for reform of a failing justice system, writes Michael Brull. Some readers have responded sceptically to Chris Graham’s analysis of the Kalgoorlie uprising, and the many injustices Aboriginal people have faced in the criminal justice system. In theory, some of their reservations have some validity. It is trueMore

Source: The Indefinite Detention Without Trial Of Aboriginal People – New Matilda

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White Man’s Manslaughter. Black Man’s Murder. White Man’s Riot. Black Man’s Uprising. – New Matilda

The violent clashes between police and protestors in Kalgoorlie yesterday followed the charging of a 55-year-old man with manslaughter over the death of a 14-year-old Aboriginal boy, Elijah Doughty. Twelve police officers were injured, dozens of Aboriginal people are expected to be arrested, police vehicles have been damaged, and court house windows were smashed. MediaMore

Source: White Man’s Manslaughter. Black Man’s Murder. White Man’s Riot. Black Man’s Uprising. – New Matilda

Indigenous Australia

‘My culture means everything to me’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Meet the Gadhu dancers from Bermagui Public School, who are keeping the spirit and culture of the Yuin people alive on the far south coast of New South Wales.

Source: ‘My culture means everything to me’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Indigenous Australia

We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we know | Chris Sarra | Australia news | The Guardian

Of all the billions ever born, it is we who share the blood of the world’s oldest civilisation on the planet – we have survived, now we must thrive

Source: We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we know | Chris Sarra | Australia news | The Guardian

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5 things about Indigenous history you probably didn’t learn in school – Amnesty International Australia

This NAIDOC Week, Indigenous rights campaigner Julian Cleary explores some of the interesting, humbling, and downright inspiring facts whitewashed from our history lessons.

Source: 5 things about Indigenous history you probably didn’t learn in school – Amnesty International Australia

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Only 58% of Indigenous Australians are registered to vote. We should be asking why | Paul Daley | Opinion | The Guardian

The passage to Indigenous enfranchisement has been fraught and hard-won in incremental steps but the status quo in 2016 should give us all pause for thought

Source: Only 58% of Indigenous Australians are registered to vote. We should be asking why | Paul Daley | Opinion | The Guardian

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‘A national crisis’: Indigenous incarceration rates worse 25 years on | SBS News

Indigenous groups are calling for governments to finally act on the crisis of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment. Friday marks 25 years since the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody tabled its 339 recommendations – among them that imprisonment should be used as a last resort. Since then, the number of Indigenous prisoners behind bars has doubled and their risk of being put there is 13 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians.

Source: ‘A national crisis’: Indigenous incarceration rates worse 25 years on | SBS News

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Aboriginal Legal Service to lose federal funding from July | World news | The Guardian

Labor accuses Coalition of abandoning commitment to closing the gap after $500,000 of funding withdrawn

Source: Aboriginal Legal Service to lose federal funding from July | World news | The Guardian

Indigenous Australia

Stan Grant: Without a treaty and constitutional recognition, no Australian is truly free | NITV

“Treaty yeah, treaty now.” The words of Yothu Yindi’s hit song of two decades since may have been premature but they have proven prophetic. The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, has said a treaty is way overdue. He has begun a process to drafting such a settlement with Victoria’s Indigenous people. It is an historic moment.

Source: Stan Grant: Without a treaty and constitutional recognition, no Australian is truly free | NITV

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The Uluru decision highlights what’s so wrong with Indigenous policy | Harry Hobbs | Opinion | The Guardian

Constitutional recognition will be null and void if non-Indigenous Australians continue to ignore what Indigenous Australians are saying

Source: The Uluru decision highlights what’s so wrong with Indigenous policy | Harry Hobbs | Opinion | The Guardian

Indigenous Australia

Myall Creek Massacre (1838) – Creative Spirits

In 1838 white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children near Myall Creek Station. For the first time in history some killers were tried and hanged.The massacre is a harrowing reminder of Australia’s colonial violence.

Source: Myall Creek Massacre (1838) – Creative Spirits

Indigenous Australia

Aurukun parents, cleaners chip in to help deliver education to children amid school closure crisis – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The ABC goes inside Aurukun’s school and speaks to parents of children who are desperately concerned that their children will slip behind in reading and writing.

Source: Aurukun parents, cleaners chip in to help deliver education to children amid school closure crisis – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Indigenous Australia

The scandal in the Northern Territory is not youth crime but imprisonment rates | Frank Brennan | Opinion | The Guardian

In the midst of a budget and upcoming federal and territory elections, a cheap and nasty amendment to the Bail Act was introduced to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly last week

Source: The scandal in the Northern Territory is not youth crime but imprisonment rates | Frank Brennan | Opinion | The Guardian

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There are lots of ways to say sorry, but Indigenous Australians need a treaty now | Paul Daley | Australia news | The Guardian

Sorry Day is an important if not yet sufficient moment of symbolism. Australia has a lot more to do to. And that means a treaty first, recognition second

Source: There are lots of ways to say sorry, but Indigenous Australians need a treaty now | Paul Daley | Australia news | The Guardian