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Indigenous senator who yelled ‘You are not our king’ at Charles III is censured in Australia
1 month, 1 week ago

Indigenous senator who yelled ‘You are not our king’ at Charles III is censured in Australia

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Australian senators on Monday voted to censure an Indigenous colleague who yelled at King Charles III during a reception in Parliament House last month. The censure of independent Sen. Lidia Thorpe is a symbolic gesture that records her colleagues’ disapproval of her conduct during the first visit to Australia by a British monarch in 13 years. Government …

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‘You are not my king,’ Indigenous Australian senator yells at visiting King Charles
2 months ago

‘You are not my king,’ Indigenous Australian senator yells at visiting King Charles

LA Times  

Australian Sen. Lidia Thorpe, left, was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple Monday after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones. An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British monarch visited Australia’s Parliament on Monday. But, he said, “nothing stands still.” Opposition leader Peter Dutton, …

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Anthony Albanese paid a political price for the Voice failure. Linda Burney explains why a delay was never considered
2 months, 1 week ago

Anthony Albanese paid a political price for the Voice failure. Linda Burney explains why a delay was never considered

ABC  

On the first anniversary of the failed referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, the minister responsible for delivering the vote wants to set the record straight. Burney says the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, made a decision to follow the advice of Indigenous leadership even when political bipartisanship had failed. Pearson labelled former social justice commissioner Mick Gooda a "bedwetter" …

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King Charles to meet cancer researchers, indigenous groups in Australia
3 months, 2 weeks ago

King Charles to meet cancer researchers, indigenous groups in Australia

Hindustan Times  

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla will meet cancer researchers, representatives of Indigenous groups and conduct a navy fleet review in Sydney harbour during their visit to Australia next month, official statements said on Wednesday. Britain's King Charles The King's visit to Australia will be his first to a realm as monarch, and he would also attend the Commonwealth heads …

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Australia Says ‘No’ to Indigenous Voice
1 year, 1 month ago

Australia Says ‘No’ to Indigenous Voice

The Diplomat  

Australia’s Voice to Parliament Referendum went down in flames in the October 14 vote. Albanese framed the referendum as recognizing the 65,000-year history of Australia’s First Peoples and atoning for the many wrongs of White Australia, so Australia’s Indigenous peoples can forge better futures. There may have been decades of historical rewriting and dissemination into the national consciousness; court cases, …

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Why the Voice referendum failed and what Indigenous Australia wants to happen next
1 year, 2 months ago

Why the Voice referendum failed and what Indigenous Australia wants to happen next

ABC  

As Australians begin to comprehend the defeat of the Indigenous Voice referendum, First Nations people are beginning to feel the collective weight of the decision. Victorian Yes campaigner Marcus Stewart tells ABC News the campaign "struggled with our messaging and it got no cut through". Tasmanian Yes campaigner Rodney Dillon apportions the referendum loss to a "rampant online disinformation" campaign …

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‘Yes’ optimistic as Australia sets date for Indigenous ‘Voice’ referendum
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Yes’ optimistic as Australia sets date for Indigenous ‘Voice’ referendum

Al Jazeera  

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says voting on proposal that could change country ‘for the better’ will take place on October 14. If successful, the vote will see Australia’s Constitution amended to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and create an all-Indigenous advisory board within the federal government. The referendum will see voters asked whether they agree to “alter the …

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Prime minister to unveil Voice to Parliament referendum date
1 year, 3 months ago

Prime minister to unveil Voice to Parliament referendum date

ABC  

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will today confirm when Australians will vote on whether to enshrine an independent advisory body, known as the Voice to Parliament, in the constitution. Ms Nampijinpa Price has also questioned what the No campaign views as an "empty" policy for establishing the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. The question they will be asked to …

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With Robodebt and anonymous No Voice campaign, politics has descended into a dark place, feeding off downward envy
1 year, 5 months ago

With Robodebt and anonymous No Voice campaign, politics has descended into a dark place, feeding off downward envy

ABC  

A leaflet appeared in letterboxes in suburban Melbourne in recent days. In her report about Robodebt, Commissioner Catherine Holmes said: "Anti-welfare rhetoric is easy populism, useful for campaign purposes." The same downward envy Before the politics of attacking welfare bludgers that lay behind the way the Coalition government prosecuted its Robodebt scheme, there was the earlier attack on single mothers …

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Australia unveils referendum question on Indigenous recognition
1 year, 9 months ago

Australia unveils referendum question on Indigenous recognition

Al Jazeera  

Australia’s 122-year-old constitution has never acknowledged the Indigenous population as the country’s original inhabitants. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has outlined details of a proposed referendum to be held later this year aimed at giving recognition in the constitution to the nation’s Indigenous people. The referendum – to be held between October and December – will seek to enshrine in …

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How Patty Mills is using basketball to highlight importance of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament vote
1 year, 10 months ago

How Patty Mills is using basketball to highlight importance of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament vote

ABC  

New York City is hardly synonymous with Australian Indigenous culture, but Patty Mills finds a way to incorporate daily cultural practices from his Brooklyn apartment. Key points: Mills says the Indigenous Voice to Parliament is important "because it's affected us" The NBA champion wants to use his profile "to bridge the gap" between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians He wants to …

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The Voice is in danger of being drowned out by noise – even before the details are decided
1 year, 10 months ago

The Voice is in danger of being drowned out by noise – even before the details are decided

ABC  

January 26 is not the best day to gauge the progress of a campaign to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution, and to establish a body that gives them a platform from which to be heard by the government and the parliament on issues that affect them. Still, it would have been dispiriting to supporters of the Voice to see …

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How five young Indigenous people feel about the Voice to Parliament — in their own words
2 years, 1 month ago

How five young Indigenous people feel about the Voice to Parliament — in their own words

ABC  

Five years ago, more than 250 Indigenous leaders signed off on the Uluru Statement from the Heart. They called for the establishment of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution — which would represent First Nations people to advise government on Indigenous policy. We spoke to five young Indigenous people in Western Australia about their hopes, questions and concerns …

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Lidia Thorpe: The Indigenous woman shaking up Australia
3 years, 10 months ago

Lidia Thorpe: The Indigenous woman shaking up Australia

Al Jazeera  

Granddaughter of a revered Indigenous matriarch takes her fight for equality nationwide as member of the federal parliament. She also described the responsibility as “carrying the voice of my people into a place which denied our rights for so long” and confirmed her intent: “I’m not saying anything different to what the people on the ground are calling for.” While …

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Scott Morrison says slavery comments were about New South Wales colony, apologises for causing offence
4 years, 6 months ago

Scott Morrison says slavery comments were about New South Wales colony, apologises for causing offence

ABC  

The Prime Minister has apologised for any offence caused by his comments that Australia "did not have slavery", explaining that he was specifically talking about the first New South Wales colony. Key points: The Prime Minister says he "deeply regrets and apologises for" any offence caused by his comments Scott Morrison previously said there was no slavery in Australia Slavery …

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