I respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which I live, the Wangal peoples of the Dharug and pay respect to their Elders past and present.

I accepted the invitation in the #UluruStatementfromtheHeart and am here to listen and learn. 🖤💛❤️

In May, the #Queensland Liberal-National opposition provided bipartisan support for legislation establishing a 3-4 year #TruthTelling process, as a necessary precursor to the (extremely belated) negotiation of a treaty or #treaties with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples. And they did so in response to the #UluruStatementFromTheHeart (that had called for #Voice, #Treaty and #Truth).

At the time, opposition leader #DavidCrisafulli had personally encouraged people in his state to "embrace this [truth-telling] wholeheartedly". On the day the legislation passed, he said: "I believe in truth-telling and to me that means telling it like it is. […] We cannot shy away from the real experiences of #Indigenous Australians throughout history. We must tell the truth about the real challenges they are facing today."

But now, five months later yet before any of the formal processes of truth-telling have begun, he's withdrawn #LNP support for the legislation, promising to tear it up should his party be voted into government at the next election.

He claims he is doing so because he *is* listening—to the voices of the 'No' voters, who outnumbered the 'Yes' voters at last Saturday's #referendum.

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#Auspol #Qldpol #Coalition

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/19/queensland-treaty-qld-premier-annastacia-palaszczuk-lnp-backflip-indigenous-first-nations-truth-telling

Our First Nations brothers and Sisters have taken a break from social media to mourn the failure of the Voice Referendum. So I'll put in my opinion.

I have heard some reluctant Yes voters and the progressive No say that the voice was a compromise and a way to make white people feel good about themselves. I think it was an offramp.

The Voice was a way to recognise that the past was bad but then quickly move forward. The Yes campaign's focus on the future reflected that.

But they were too optimistic about how much Truth, Australians knew or cared. Too many Australians were not ready to face our history. As the campaign went on Yes was pulled into talking more Truth and was then called a divisive and dredging up history.

I have news for No Voters we are a divided country and always have been.

Going forward we will see a commitment to vicious Truth telling until the myths Australians tell themselves are shattered and the full wieght of the sins of the past are laid bare.

There is a reason the Uluru Statement was Truth Treaty Voice in that order and we have to go back to Truth.

#voice #yes #referendum #ulurustatementfromtheheart #truth

#AusPol #Australia #TheVoice #UluruStatementFromTheHeart

#ClivePalmer, #RupertMurdoch, #PeterDutton were effective.

Were the anti-masker, anti-vaxer, "freedom marcher", white-supremecist, Q-Anon networks activated too?

We're looking a bit more American.

Last (for now) in my collection of arguments to help you talk to undecided, disengaged or no-voting friends, families and colleagues about voting on the #VoiceToParliament this weekend. This is the one that seemed to make the difference to my 98-year Nan: IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO TO LISTEN TO... https://www.tiktok.com/@katelarsenkeys/video/7288462745656102145

Full list at link in bio. #Referendum #Yes23 #ulurustatementfromtheheart

Next in my collection of arguments to help you talk to undecided, disengaged or no-voting friends, families and colleagues about voting on the #VoiceToParliament this weekend: IF YOU JUST THINK THE REFERENDUM IS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY… https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNYdbmBe/

Full list at link in bio. #Referendum #Yes23 #ulurustatementfromtheheart