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Treaty and Truth

QLD truth-telling inquiry to reopen submissions, defying LNP government orders

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QLD’s truth-telling and healing inquiry is set to go ahead, despite the new LNP government’s plan to terminate.  The commission’s chairperson, Waanyi and Kalkadoon man, Joshua Creamer, restarted the historic inquiry last week, 23 days after Premier, David Crisafulli gave the order to cease work immediately.  The LNP leader has also vowed to repeal the …

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First Nations’ communities urge QLD premier to reconsider Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry

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First Nations elders and Community leaders are urging the new QLD premier David Crisafulli to reconsider his decision to scrap the Truth telling and healing inquiry.  The inquiry was part of the state government’s Path to Treaty Act- which Crisafulli has vowed to repeal, despite being passed in parliament with bipartisan support in 2023. On …

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“The message was clear”- senator Lidia Thorpe on confronting King Charles

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Last week, Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe made global headlines after disrupting King Charle’s visit to Parliament House. Senator Thorpe, a Gurnai, Gunditjmara and Djab-Wurrung woman, was removed from the ceremony in Parliament House’s Great Hall, as she shouted phrases like ‘you’re not my king’ and ‘give us our land back,’ at the Monarch. While some …

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Makarrata Senate Inquiry: Federal government still committed to truth telling, says Indigenous Australians minister

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The following story contains discussions of youth suicide that some may find distressing. Please use discretion.  Minister for Indigenous Australians Senator, Malarndirri McCarthy says the government is still committed to Truth and Treaty processes, despite the setbacks of the Voice referendum, The Yanyuwa Garrawa Senator from Borroloola in the Gulf of Carpentaria is urging First Nations …

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