#Aboriginal
Inquest hears man was released despite suspicions serious crime was committed against Indigenous teen
By Zaarkacha Marlan and Joanna Woodburn
A retired police officer has told an inquest he suspected a man had sexually interfered with a teenage girl after she died in a road crash in Bourke in 1987.
#CourtsandTrials #Aboriginal #Police #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #ZaarkachaMarlan #JoannaWoodburn
Indigenous children in out-of-home care reaches record high, report shows
By Lee Robinson
A new national report has found Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are 10.5 times more likely to be in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous children.
Remains of 'King of the Warlpiri' returned to sacred country near Yuendumu
By Charmayne Allison
The remains of a Warlpiri ancestor have been returned to country near Yuendumu in the Northern Territory this week. It comes 60 years after the body was exhumed by station owners.
Councillor loses bid to scrap 'tokenistic' Welcome to Country protocols amid Indigenous backlash
By Tom Robinson, Georgia Loney, and Amelia Searson
A local government in Western Australia's South West has rejected a controversial proposal to abolish ceremonies that pay tribute to Aboriginal people.
#LocalGovernment #RegionalCommunities #Aboriginal #GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousCulture #Colonialism #Referendums #SocialCapital #IndigenousProtocols #IndigenousOtherPeoples #IndigenousPolicy #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #TomRobinson #GeorgiaLoney # #AmeliaSearson
Whatever the debate, Pat Dodson had the same reminder for journalists: Study Australia's history
By Bridget Brennan
Pat Dodson's departure from parliament will leave a cavernous hole in Canberra, as he takes with him a dignified approach to diplomacy and a lifetime of hard-won battles in the fight for his mob, writes Bridget Brennan.
#FederalParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousPolicy #Referendums #FederalGovernment #AnthonyAlbanese #Aboriginal #BridgetBrennan
Disabled people are treated like our bodies, our stories, are public property - especially so for those of us who are Aboriginal, who are Black, or People of Colour, who are trans or queer, or read as women.
Consider that if someone with a disability is posting their mutual aid links, either give/share/support or just move on.
Don't message us asking why we're disabled or why we're not on disability support pensions - that's nunya. NUNYA.
#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #ocd #PTSD #agoraphobia #cptsd #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #Medical #Aboriginal #Indigenous #MutualAid #anarchism
Today : 2023-11-28 | Stigmabase Racial Xperience
Racial profiling or ethnic profiling is the act of suspecting, targeting or discriminating against a person on the basis of their ethnicity, religion or nationality.
Former detective tells inquest police failed to test 'critical evidence' in deaths of teenage cousins
By Zaarkacha Marlan and Joanna Woodburn
The crash investigator tells an inquest there was "something not right" about the initial investigation into the 1987 crash in regional NSW.
#CourtsandTrials #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #Aboriginal #Police #ZaarkachaMarlan #JoannaWoodburn
Native title recognised over area where communities grew after nuclear tests, rail development
By Andrew Chounding and Emily JB Smith
Historic events of the past 120 years were among the factors that led people to Cundeelee, in WA's Goldfields, where a large native title claim has just been determined.
#NativeTitle #AboriginalLanguage #Aboriginal #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #AndrewChounding #EmilyJBSmith
Native title recognised over area where communities grew after nuclear tests, rail development
By Andrew Chounding and Emily JB Smith
Historic events of the past 120 years were among the factors that led people to Cundeelee, in WA's Goldfields, where a large native title claim has just been determined.
#NativeTitle #AboriginalLanguage #Aboriginal #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #AndrewChounding #EmilyJBSmith
Former detective tells inquest police failed to test 'critical evidence' in deaths of teenage cousins
By Zaarkacha Marlan and Joanna Woodburn
The crash investigator tells an inquest there was "something not right" about the initial investigation into the 1987 crash in regional NSW.
#CourtsandTrials #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #Aboriginal #Police #ZaarkachaMarlan #JoannaWoodburn
Pat Dodson, known as the father of reconciliation, to retire from Senate on Australia Day
Labor senator Pat Dodson, known as the father of reconciliation after decades of advocacy for Indigenous people, will retire from federal politics on January 26.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/labor-senator-pat-dodson-to-retire-on-january-26/103158618
#FederalGovernment #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #Aboriginal
Inquest to examine 'systemic racism' in 1987 police investigation into deaths of Indigenous cousins
By Zaarkacha Marlan and Joanna Woodburn
A witness has told an inquest of the catastrophic injuries he saw at a crash he and his brother came across in far western NSW.
#Aboriginal #DeathandDying #HumanInterest #Police #CourtsandTrials #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #IndigenousCulture #ZaarkachaMarlan #JoannaWoodburn
After more than 180 years, the Indigenous side of a notorious shipwreck story will be told
By Eugene Boisvert
The killing of 26 men, women and children has been described as the largest murder of Europeans by Indigenous people in Australia's colonial history. Now, a new sculpture, signs and garden will give context to a monument marking the event.
#History #MaritimeAccidentsandIncidents #Aboriginal #MonumentandHeritageSite #Sculpture #LawCrimeandJustice #Colonialism #EugeneBoisvert
COVID cases spike by 160pc in the NT. Here's the latest advice
By Lee Robinson and Stewart Brash
As an eighth wave of the virus spreads across the country, health authorities are concerned about vulnerable populations in the Northern Territory.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-26/covid-19-nt-cases-spike-vulnerable-population/103146462
#COVID19 #EpidemicsandPandemics #RespiratoryDiseases #SocialDistancing #Aboriginal #Health #LeeRobinson #StewartBrash
I’m managing the online part of a campaign to prevent a new mine on #Aboriginal land (www.savekarijini.org - go sign it and please share it WIDELY!) and the amount of open, blatant racist comments we’re getting across our campaign pages is truly shocking and disheartening. Be better, #Australia.
Native Americans Regard Thanksgiving With Mixed Emotions
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A 19th-century engraving depicting the burning of a Pequot Nation Fort, believed to be the Mystic massacre in 1637
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https://alaska-native-news.com/native-americans-regard-thanksgiving-with-mixed-emotions/71020/
#thanksgiving #aboriginal #american #indian
More than 35 years on from their deaths, Mona Lisa's and Cindy's family is still waiting for answers
By Brooke Fryer and Ali Russell
It's been more than 35 years since the deaths of Mona Lisa's and Jacinta "Cindy" Smith, and the family continues to question what exactly happened that night, and how their two girls ended up dead.
#DeathandDying #CommunityandSociety #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #HumanInterest #People #Aboriginal #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #IndigenousCulture #BrookeFryer #AliRussell
Police divers, dogs fail to find missing teenager after Volkswagen discovery sparks targeted search
By Holly Richardson
Police say a 17-year-old boy who has not been seen for three months would have contacted his family if he was able as they come to a grim conclusion about his fate.
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#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition #CommunityNotCops #PleaseHelp #PleaseShare
[taken from the Sisters Inside and Dreamtime Aroha Facebook pages]
Former ranger makes history as first Indigenous director of National Parks
By Matt Garrick
After years of frayed relations between traditional owners and the government at Kakadu National Park, a new leader will take the helm.
#NationalParks #Aboriginal #EnvironmentalManagement #MattGarrick
How a native title interpretation could cost outback councils millions more in roadworks
By Grace Nakamura
Outback Queensland mayors say a "governmental, legal conundrum" could lead to a huge increase in the cost of roadworks as they scramble to form land use agreements for hundreds of gravel pits.
#Roads #NativeTitle #LocalGovernment #IndigenousPolicy #Aboriginal #RegionalCommunities #GraceNakamura
Today : 2023-11-21 | Stigmabase Racial Xperience
Racial profiling or ethnic profiling is the act of suspecting, targeting or discriminating against a person on the basis of their ethnicity, religion or nationality.
Music festival slammed as 'disrespectful' by Aboriginal elder after crowds party on sacred Wave Rock
By Briana Fiore
A senior Indigenous leader criticises revellers for drinking on the sacred 2.7 billion-year-old rock, saying festival organisers and attendees "need to go read a bit of history".
#Aboriginal #RuralTourism #CarnivalsandFestivals #IndigenousCulture #AntisocialBehaviour #BrianaFiore
Indigenous rangers team up with scientists for project SpaceCows, the next frontier in feral pest control
By Kristy O'Brien
First Nations rangers and the CSIRO embark on a groundbreaking, space-based surveillance project to track and manage 1,000 wild bovine in remote northern Australia.
#Pests #AgriculturalTechnology #Conservation #Aboriginal #AnimalBehaviour #BeefCattle #KristyOBrien
When I backpacked in #Australia in the 1990s, I spent quite a bit of time visiting #Kakadu, and got to know the #Indigenous caretakers there. This was one of their goals... I'm so glad to see it starting to become a reality!
Masterplanning in the form of a ‘yarn’
Inside the World Heritage-listed #KakaduNationalPark, a site previously characterized by extraction is being reimagined as a tourism hub, with the #TraditionalCustodians driving the design process.
by Christine Phillips 14 Nov 2023
"In 2021, #Jabiru was formally handed back to the #Mirarr people. As the Traditional Custodians and title owners, they have been driving the future of the town through #Gundjeihmi #Aboriginal Corporation Jabiru Town. The corporation engaged a strategic design team to complete a Stage 1 Masterplan and business case for Jabiru: economic development and tourism planning specialist Stafford Strategy, architecture and urban design practice Common (previously known as NAAU), and landscape designer Enlocus. For the more detailed Stage 2 Lakeside Precinct Plan, this team was joined by GHD for specialist hydrological engineering input.
"As John Doyle, a partner at Common, explained, the central question of the project was around 'how a place that had mostly been given over to processes of extraction could be reimagined with a new economy.' The team used economic and urban modelling to determine the infrastructure required to transition Jabiru from a town built to serve the needs of the miners and their families, to a tourism-focused model designed to provide ongoing economic opportunities for the local community and Traditional Custodians.
"What is compelling about this project is not simply that it is the Traditional Custodians driving the future of the town, but that the design process appears to be occurring in the form of a 'yarn.' Typically, a business case is developed separately from an architectural masterplan – but in this project, the process was an iterative loop of knowledge, ideas and experiences shared between all facets of the design team and the client. Common partner Ben Milbourne described one back-and-forth involving Stafford Strategy’s economic modelling, Common and Enlocus’s architectural and landscape modelling and masterplanning, and the GAC’s direct feedback throughout the process. According to Doyle, this process was 'messy, but great by virtue of that.'
"I found that there was also a #cultural and economic storytelling layer to the new masterplan. Previously, Jabiru was a turnoff on the highway before you reached the mining town. As Doyle explains, 'The new masterplan recalibrates the sequence of arrival to pivot the economy away from extraction to a people-based tourism hub.' Now, as you approach the town, you experience the surrounding views toward the #KakaduEscarpment, and it is clear that there is a deeper cultural narrative waiting to be discovered.
"This storytelling sensibility is echoed in the programmatic arrangement of the masterplan and in reference designs for each of the key buildings developed in consultation with the Traditional Custodians. In the visualization, a suite of accommodation options sweeps around the lake frontage to serve tourists and to provide ongoing sustainable economic opportunities for the Traditional Custodians. The masterplan also includes other new community infrastructure, such as the #Bininj (Traditional Owner) Resource Centre and housing; this infrastructure is all designed with sequential and incremental layers of enclosure that take their visual cues from the Jabiru landscape. For example, the proposed rammed- earth walls echo the striated geology of the escarpment. Common describes the strong relationship between inside and outside: 'The [envisaged] buildings, and the programs within, are organized as a series of discrete enclosures [that] allows the landscape to flow throughout the facility, ensuring that visitors have a constant connection with the celebrated Kakadu landscape.'"
Read more: https://architectureau.com/articles/jabiru-stage-1-masterplan/
#IndigenousAustralians #CulturalPreservation #CulturalConnection #Dreamtime #Storytelling
"Barngarla Traditional Owners honoured for hard-fought victory over nuclear waste dump plan"
#Barngarla #nuclear #Aboriginal #NuclearWaste #indigenous #Australia
URGENT HELP PLEASE!
We need to raise $1350.00 for a funeral for a little Aboriginal baby who has died.
Mum needs to pay for funeral - the funds will be going to @sisters_inside_inc directly who are working with Mum through this hard time.
NAME: DREAMTIME AROHA
REFERENCE: BABY FUNERAL FUND
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ACCOUNT: 333028511
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition #CommunityNotCops #PleaseHelp #PleaseShare #SettlerSaturday #SettlerSunday
My tax refund recently came through. So I bought an Aboriginal painting - my first original - to brighten up my bedroom.
The painting is titled "Gnamma Holes" (watering holes) by local artist Shane Hanson.
I am beyond happy with how it looks in its new home!
Considering the government has just signed a deal promising visas to people from Tuvalu who are climate crisis refugees, it'll be interesting to see how these Torres Strait Island peoples are treated under coloniser law
#Indigenous #Aboriginal #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #ClimateCrisis
"Farmers or foragers? Pre-colonial Aboriginal food production was hardly that simple"
#RespectForTheAncestors #OZ #Aboriginal
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-farmers-foragers-pre-colonial-aboriginal-food.html
I wonder if I can get away with quoting a tweet in my essay about the media coverage of Kumanjayi Walker's murder.. 🤔
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition #CommunityNotCops #CopsMurder #Media
I need to start going to the Sisters Inside conferences.. Angela Davis is speaking at this one again.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition #CommunityNotCops
I'm a disabled Indigenous queer person who exists on Jobseeker, which means almost 50% ($269/week) below the poverty line ($489/week).
After moving house a few months ago (the first time in 10 years), I didn't get rent assistance because of a centrelink mistake. That mistake combined with the moving costs has left me almost $3000 in debt.
I'm in a new house with a new landlord, and am barely able to cover my portion of the rent at the moment, let alone pay for bills, medical costs, and food.
Please if you could consider helping, I'd be super grateful.
https://www.paypal.me/kittensmeow
#MutualAid #Indigenous #Aboriginal #IndigenousMutualAid #queer #trans #autism #audhd #disability #JobSeeker #PleaseShare #Help #BegPost #PleaseHelp #SettlerSaturday #SettlerSunday #MutualAidMonday #GivingTuesday
Reminder that blood quantum is a tool of white supremacy used to oppress Indigenous peoples.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
Original study:
D. Hamacher et al., The #archaeology of #orality: Dating Tasmanian #Aboriginal #oral traditions to the Late #Pleistocene, Journal of Archaeological Science 159, 2023. 🔓
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440323000997
Oral #stories as #Indigenous #histories: How long can stories be passed down by word of mouth? - New research suggests that #Aboriginal #Tasmanians' oral tradition tells of geological events and astronomical conditions stretching back 12,000+ years.
Indigenous Voice, treaty and truth in Australia
The police are the pointed end of white supremacy.
I hope every single one of them die horrid deaths.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #racism #whiteness #WhiteSupremacy #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition
"Sources say the man, 40, is Aboriginal. He is one of several Aboriginal men to be shot by police in Queensland in recent months, including Mareeba man Aubrey Donahue and another man in the Brisbane suburb of Grange."
Settler Reply Guys spending more time arguing about how it's not fair they're expected to do something about the referendum results.
Settlers using "we haven't been told by Aboriginal people what to do yet" as though their racism and white supremacist colonialism is our problem to fix.
Settlers pulling out the "you people" phrase in the replies.
I see you.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
At a mere 20,000 years old it blows my young and fleeting mind at who the people were and how Namarrgon, the Lightning Man, has survived all that time.
#aboriginal #Bininj #Mungguy #art #history #Burrungkuy #NorthernTerritory #Australia #photography
"it's so tiring being a coloniser I'm going to just be quiet until Aboriginal people do the work wah wah wah" 🙄🙄🙄
Shut up and start a fucking email writing campaign to state premiers and federal politicians demanding moves forward to Treaty.
You fucking cowards.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
Settlers are really trying to explain to me how they're "tired" after the referendum and that's why they're not able to email politicians demanding Treaty.
Exhausted? Try living under colonisation.
It's fucking tiring being a coloniser, eh?
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
I'm noting all those loud Vote Yes folks have been pretty fucking quiet the last couple of weeks 🤔
But sure, tell me again how you're pushing for real change.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TimeForTreaty #LandBack
I'm watching Hotel Coolgardie with Greg and his wife, and we're talking about the picture of Australian men it paints.
Greg isn't so shocked by it, because I've told him stories about men here.. but his wife is horrified.
It's leading into really interesting conversations about misogyny within coloniser culture.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #misogyny
"Learn about Indigenous brilliance and success as much as you learn about Indigenous suffering and trauma."
- Megan Tipler
(Métis First Nation of Alberta)
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
The issue was never whether #aboriginal people faced more discrimination & disadvantage than other Australians.
The problem was that no sane person would think that an approach that’s failed three times before would solve anything this time - The downside of the’No’ result is that some ‘Yes’ backers will be able to delude themselves with the idea that it would’ve been a success.
"The data, released to the Redfern Legal Centre (RLS), also revealed 56 children aged under 18 were strip-searched over the past financial year, including 25 underage girls, three of whom were 12"
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #AbolishPolice #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #anarchism #CommunityNotCops
“white Australia doesn’t want to give blackfellas anything, even when it’s nothing”
- Melissa Lucashenko
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
I was thinking about Treaty today, and why it's important that it's the first step in everything, and not the last.
When you start with Treaty, there is recognition that you are meeting with an equal.
Having Treaty first firmly frames everything else as a recognition of our Sovereignty and our right to self determination.
Having Treaty in place recognises our place as equals to the crown, not subjects of it.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TimeForTreaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
'By claiming the "no" vote was NOT racist, but instead was about campaign messaging or lack of bipartisanship, the reality of racial violence, which is ingrained in every single structure and institution in this settler colony, is also denied'.
#referendum #racism #auspol #Aboriginal #Palestine
https://amymcquire.substack.com/p/the-no-vote-was-a-racist-vote
"See, defeat- that’s when we stop having joy, stop having hope. That’s when we stop loving and caring for ourselves and this land of ours. That’s when we stop being strong and being proud of who we are and we all know that would never happen.
“We could never lose. We haven’t lost a thing. We all knew what the outcome was going to be. We all know the reality that we live in. It’s just now more apparent. We ain’t licking our wounds today, we’re sharpening our spears. See the colour of our skin? That’s our pride and joy and they can never change the river of our souls.
“Our people are the most caring, welcoming, loving, generous, strong and resilient people and in the darkness, we hold the light. We always have. We’re the oldest culture on earth and we have survived the white man’s world. We did not give up this land and the planting of the union jack never changed our lore at all."
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TimeForTreaty #ThisAintOverMthrFuckrs #SharpeningOurSpears
Conned by a huge misinformation campaign, Australians yesterday were convinced to vote against acknowledging First Nations Australians in the constitution. I feel like all I can do is to share several First Nations related contributions to Australian numismatics & extend my thoughts to First Nations Australians. https://coinofnote.com/2021-first-nations-australians-2-coins/ The malicious "no" campaign, did not speak for all of us. #FirstNations #Aboriginal #Indigenous #Numismatic #CoinCollecting #Coins #SaturdayNightCoinShow
#Australia has rejected the proposal to amend the #Constitution to recognise #FirstNations people and create a body for them to advise the #government in a #referendum. All six states voted No.
There was no change in the constitution, but another thing also hasn't changed:
Always was.
Always will be.
#Aboriginal land.
#ulurustatement #auspol #aboriginalandtorresstraitislander #aboriginalpeople
https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/ReferendumNationalResults-29581.htm
If one more settler tells me that the referendum results happened because of some reason other than anti-Indigeneity I'm going to fucking snap I swear.
Stop with your gaslighting bullshit.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TimeForTreaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
Because a lot of you are new to this conversation, here are some tips about grammar.
- Cap the first letters of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Island, and Indigenous.
- Always type out "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island", don't use ATSI.
- Don't use phrasing like "you people" or "those people" to refer to us.
- If you're talking about a specific Aboriginal group, use the name instead of just "Aboriginal people", because our cultures are not monolithic.
You might see this as just grammar, but it's about respect.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TimeForTreaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
Who cares about the Labor Party's legacy? This was not an election and it should have never been about the political parties. Instead, this was supposed to be about the principles and morals of whether recognising in the Constitution #Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Today is a sad day for Australian history.
#Australia held a #referendum to decide whether to recognise in the Constitution #Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the nation's first people.
The response has been a resounding no.
Personally, I find it a disgrace that the majority of Australians rejected this opportunity and are fine with the status quo.
The political subjugation of First Nations’ peoples is no longer historical legacy.
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Australia #Aboriginal #Colonialism #BritishEmpire
I wonder why so many people in #Australia 🇦🇺 voted against the proposed #Aboriginal referendum‽
👉🏾 Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/14/australia-rejects-proposal-to-recognise-aboriginal-people-in-constitution
Perhaps a more detailed proposal was needed (as the failed proposal was rather vague)‽
This is going to be unpopular.
I keep seeing people say they're shocked how anti-Indigenous Australia is, and when I go look at their profiles they all have "leftist" written.
You all need to understand what this means for how your leftism is tied in to white supremacy.
If you're shocked to find out that a colonised country is racist, you haven't been listening.
If your leftist selves haven't been listening to Indigenous people on this Stolen Land, you're leaning into white supremacy.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
So far I'm seeing a lot of white and non-Indigenous people be shocked that Australia is racist, seeing them talk about how now they know where the most racist parts are they'll go elsewhere on holidays, and tone police Indigenous people for telling colonisers to fuck off.
Y'all are proving that you're the problem tbh..
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
If you're in the least bit surprised by the results you haven't been listening to us.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
I'm a disabled Indigenous queer person who exists on Jobseeker, which means almost 50% ($269/week) below the poverty line ($489/week).
After living in the same house for almost 10 years, I recently had to move as the new landlords decided to renovate so they could increase the rent.
Moving has cost me over $4000, and ended up putting me almost $2500 in debt.
I didn't get rent assistance for the first 6 weeks of living here because they lost my lease copy and they're refusing to backpay it. So I started the first 6 weeks here adding over $180 a fortnight to that debt as well.
I'm in a new house with a new landlord, and am barely able to make rent at the moment, let alone cover bills and food.
I hate asking, but please consider helping if you can - I'd be super grateful.
https://www.paypal.me/kittensmeow
#MutualAid #Indigenous #Aboriginal #IndigenousMutualAid #queer #trans #autism #audhd #disability #JobSeeker #PleaseShare #Help #BegPost #PleaseHelp #SettlerSaturday #SettlerSunday
If you're surprised that #Australia is voting No* in the #VoiceToParliament #referendum then you haven't been listening to Aboriginal people about how bad it is here.
If you're surprised, you're not paying attention.
#Indigenous #Aboriginal #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
*I'm referring to the mainstream No vote, not the Blak Sovereign No vote
From the Guardian:
The Blak sovereign no campaign, it should be noted, is separate to the main no camp.. The progressive no case, as it is called, is based in concerns about sovereignty, taking part in a white person’s process, the lack of power the voice holds and the desire to progress truth telling and treaty ahead of the voice.
Australia has never formally recognized rights for its Aboriginal population. On Oct. 14, voters will decide whether or not to amend the constitution to create an Indigenous advisory committee for parliament. Here are how some other countries protect their often-marginalized native population.
CORRECTION: This post originally misstated the Indigenous population of Australia. They make up about 3.2% of its 26M residents.
I'm a disabled Aboriginal queer person who exists on Jobseeker (an Australian support payment), which is almost 50% ($269/week AUD) below the poverty line ($489/week AUD).
After living in the same house for almost 10 years, I recently had to move as the new landlords decided to renovate so they could increase the rent.
Moving has cost me over $4000, and ended up putting me almost $2500 in debt.
I hate asking, but please consider helping if you can - I'd be super grateful.
https://www.paypal.me/kittensmeow
#MutualAid #Indigenous #Aboriginal #IndigenousMutualAid #queer #trans #autism #audhd #disability #JobSeeker #PleaseShare #Help #BegPost #PleaseHelp #SettlerSaturday #SettlerSunday #IndigenousPeoplesDay #WorldIndigenousPeoplesDay
"The people had been taught to despise themselves because they were left with barren land and dry rivers. But they were wrong. It was the white people who had nothing; it was the white people who were suffering as thieves do, never able to forget that their pride was wrapped in something stolen, something that had never been, and never could be, theirs."
-Leslie Marmon Silko
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
"For a colonized people, the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land that will bring them bread, and above all, dignity."
- Frantz Fanon
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
"Who planted terrorism in our area? Some came and took our land, forced us to live in camps. I think this is terrorism. Using means to resist this terrorism and stop its effects - this is called struggle."
- Leila Khaled
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
“Settler colonialism is a structure, not an event…Settler colonialism destroys to replace.” – Patrick Wolfe
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #IStandWithPalestine #IndigenousSolidarity
Girl math is when she reports her pain as a 4 when it's actually an 8 but she knows you won't believe her.
Boy math is when she tells you her pain is an 8 but you record it as a 4 on her medical records.
(h/t to ShiningNathan on tiktok)
#GirlMath #GirlMaths #BoyMath #BoyMaths #MedicalRacism #MedicalSexism #Aboriginal #Indigenous #DecoloniseMedicine #DecoloniseHealthcare #Disability #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain
The National Centre for #Truth and #Reconciliation and the #Aboriginal Peoples Television Network will host a 90-minute multilingual #commemoration event on #Parliament Hill Sept. 30, the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
The day raises #awareness about the #legacy of #residentialschools, #commemorates #survivors and their families, and honours the #children who never made it home. #Indigenous
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I got an HD on the paper I handed in last week. It was a critical analysis of the policy report from People with Disabilities Australia and Domestic Violence NSW.
I'm pretty chuffed with the comment I got from my lecturer 😊
#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #Uni #Academia #Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #DecoloniseAcademia
Having thoughts about the stigmatised shaming vs reintegrative shaming thing from restorative justice and the whole online cancel culture/consequences/call-out call-in thing with regards to the latest discourse happening here.
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Indigenous #Aboriginal #Decolonise #KillTheCopInsideYourHead
I'm a disabled Indigenous queer person who exists on Jobseeker, which means almost 50% ($269/week) below the poverty line ($489/week).
After living in the same house for almost 10 years, I recently had to move as the new landlords decided to renovate so they could increase the rent.
Moving has cost me over $4000, and ended up putting me almost $2500 in debt.
I didn't get rent assistance for the first 6 weeks of living here because they lost my lease copy and they're refusing to backpay it. So I started the first 6 weeks here adding over $180 a fortnight to that debt as well.
I'm in a new house with a new landlord, and am barely able to make rent at the moment, let alone cover bills and food.
I hate asking, but please consider helping if you can - I'd be super grateful.
https://www.paypal.me/kittensmeow
#MutualAid #Indigenous #Aboriginal #IndigenousMutualAid #queer #trans #autism #audhd #disability #JobSeeker #PleaseShare #Help #PleaseHelp #SettlerSaturday #SettlerSunday
it's not intersectional if it doesn't include black people
it's not radical if its inaccessible to the poor
it's not liberation if we left someone behind
- Grace Alexander
#racism #whiteness #WhiteSupremacy #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #anarchism #activism #poor #FuckTheRich #AbolishMoney #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #Disability #Aboriginal
I've just arranged for an MRI of my shoulder because it's still not ok after two rounds of cortisone injection and physio, and both xrays and ultrasounds didn't really show much to explain the pain and decreased range of movement.
My doctor was telling me that it can't be bulk billed even though I'm on an Aboriginal health plan -
Him:
I'm not sure why the government wouldn't let bulk billing scans on plans..?
Me:
Aww, they probably don't expect us to live long enough to need scans eh?
Him:
Heyla are you trying to get me in trouble?? 😆😆
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty
I’m so pleased this paper is finally published! It was a journey to get here, so it’s a huge relief to have it out in the wild. We examined STI testing in 715 health assessments among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending ACCHS https://doi.org/10.1071/SH23107
#SexualHealth #sti #hiv #indigenous #aboriginal #health #research