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Continued calls for QLD Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry as uncertainty remains

First Nations people and organisations from across the country continue calls for the new Queensland government to reverse their decision to cancel the state’s Truth Telling and Healing Inquiry. Premier, David Crisafulli, declared a stop to the inquiry last week, following a win at last month’s election. The Inquiry Committee is trying to meet with …

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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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Wadjemup Wirin Bidi, commemorating Rottnest Island’s dark history

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This week, Aboriginal Elders and community groups from all over Western Australia will gather to commemorate Australia’s largest single Death-in-Custody site, Wadjemup or Rottnest Island. The event is called Wirin Bidi which means ‘spirit trail,’ a significant cultural ceremony to remember more than 4,000 Aboriginal men and boys who were incarcerated on Wadjemup between 1838 …

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Exploring the power of truth telling for reconciliation

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A national report has found Australia is shifting rapidly in its perception of the country’s colonial past and the role Truth-Telling is helping to shape those attitudes.Deakin University’s Recognising Community Truth-Telling report says the process is at the core of the campaign for reconciliation since it began three decades ago. Image: Image: Raw Pixel CC0: …

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Place renaming crucial in upholding First Nation’s heritage and culture

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Last week saw the end of a “10-year battle” over the naming of Queensland’s World Heritage listed Fraser Island – now known as K’gari, officially restoring the name used by traditional owners for more than 60 thousand years. Local Butchulla people and Australians nation-wide celebrated the landmark change, and the latest in several decades of re-naming events across Australia …

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