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
“Because historical documents are biased in their focus on violence towards settlers, the most common form of conflict recorded was the killing of livestock, such as sheep, cattle and horses.“
Yet still the scale and nature of merely the recorded violence is chilling.
#TruthTelling #UluruStatement #reconciliation #AusPol #Queensland
#Australia Map showing the #Voice #Referendum Results by Polling Place, with red indicating more "No" votes, and blue indicating more "Yes" votes. Point size indicates % #Indigenous population.
An amazing contribution of Jesse Reilly to understand the results of the Referendum.
Access to the interactive map:
https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/tigerstyle/clnsqdgbh00w701ps3mc3eq6a.html?title=false&access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidGlnZXJzdHlsZSIsImEiOiJjam55bW81cG4wdTJpM3ZvMHN2bDFuc3UzIn0.BhggU09IZiMD_Eo9gghc1A&zoomwheel=true#4.03/-24.29/131.49
Original source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/voice-referendum-results-polling-place-jesse-reilly-r18rc
#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
'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
Fuck off Lydia. You have won your Progressive No battle, your Blak sovereignty battle, but you have just lost the war. You have set your cause back by decades. You have enabled racists to spread misinformation on the back of your platform. You have enabled everyone to say that we just voted for the status quo - not what you wanted, but what was the alternative to yes was the status quo - that's what you have won tonight.
I am glad to live in an electorate that voted Yes
#VoteYes #ulurustatement #auspol
To those in Australia who are entitled to vote: if you haven't already, don't forget!
The First Nations peoples of this land we call Australia have issued the rest of us with an invitation to walk with them.
That invitation might not be from every single First Nations person. Who are we to demand unanimity? But the invitation is from the peoples as a whole, following a robust democratic process of dialogues, culminating in the #UluruStatement from the Heart.
From their hearts.
To us.
Out of a common humanity and love.
To me, it's such a simple thing to accept that invitation.
And imagine if the #referendum failed and you hadn't done everything you could to #PleaseVoteYesToday #VoteYes23
What Prof. Langton said.
#aboriginal #voice #referendum #racism #australia #UluruStatement #auspol
I take no pleasure in writing this piece. I have spent my life campaigning for recognition and reconciliation in this country. Through all that time, I have found ways to feed hope. I have believed often in our better angels. Now, though, I can see the truth: whatever the outcome of today’s vote, whether the double majority required to make this alteration to the Constitution is achieved or not, reconciliation is dead.
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Anthony Arblaster
Prof Felipe Gusmao
Prof Roland Goecke
Matthew Rimmer
Bernard Sheppard
Jo Tamar
Jason Goroncy