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
#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
From the bird site (for once actually something useful): H/T (AT)ulurustatement - A statement from Indigenous Australians who supported the Voice referendum. https://ulurustatement.org/a-statement-from-indigenous-australians-who-supported-the-voice-referendum/ #ulurustatement
'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
'Today we've failed the empathy test... The empathy gap we can measure in tonight’s result points to some stark realities. A lot of Australians have never met an Indigenous person. Generations of Australians are unaware at a granular level about the foundational wrong that occurred at the time of settlement, and the litany of policy disasters that followed it, because that history wasn’t taught until relatively recently. Some Australians who live alongside Indigenous communities don’t make the connection between the studied phenomenon of intergenerational trauma and the problems they see.' | Katharine Murphy https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/oct/14/albanese-wanted-to-end-two-centuries-of-silence-but-we-said-no-and-failed-our-first-nations-people #auspol #auslaw #voicetreatytruth #ulurustatement #IndigenousIP
More than 2 million people have already cast their vote about the voice to parliament.
Tomorrow, I’ll cast mine.
Tomorrow I’ll write Yes on my ballot paper.
I urge, implore, encourage you to do so too.
The Uluru Statement is a simple invitation from the Heart of First Nations People. So when you go to the polling station tomorrow, please vote with your Heart!
If you are still unsure about the Voice Referendum. Please reach out. Happy to have a chat about it.
#Uluru #UluruStatement #NorthernTerritory #VoteYes #VoiceReferendum #VoiceToParliament #IndigenousRights #Reconciliation #TogetherForChange #SutherlandShire #ShireSaysYes
I have a personal reason for advocating a Yes vote. My forebears were early settlers and no doubt conspired with the authorities to herd First Nations people off their traditional lands and into mission camps. Back then the settlers conveniently justified it to themselves, thinking that they knew what was best for the Indigenous People. And that's how it's been down the generations since then.
It’s time to listen.
#VoteYesAustralia
#HistoryIsCalling
#UluruStatement
"The Uluru Statement from the Heart, a work of deep reflection and extensive consultation within Aboriginal communities, is a generous gift to our nation," Tim Winton wrote.
https://nit.com.au/19-09-2023/7746/acclaimed-author-tim-winton-throws-his-support-behind-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament
"But it's also a compelling plea for our First Peoples to be seen and properly listened to. It's an opportunity for all of us – Indigenous, native-born and immigrant – to go forward together in a new spirit of respect, honesty and hope.
"For something better. To do better. To be better. And to produce better outcomes for those in our midst whose lives are so often constrained, deformed, devalued and cut short because of trauma, exclusion and the ignorance of others."
"And to their offer of unity, and their plea for a Voice that reflects their expertise, their experience and their ideas, I say yes. From the head and from the heart. Yes!"
#auspol #IndigenousIP #voicetreatytruth #ulurustatement
Make history, #Australia. #VoteYes to recognise #Indigenous #Australians in the Constitution by affording them the respect of a #VoiceToParliament. ❤️ #WriteYes #VoteYesAustralia
Link to #UluruStatement video on #YouTube: https://youtu.be/5gF6DqYH6FE/
@Spoon Dutton supported Key Wyatt's plan to roll out the #ulurustatement key requests. So assuming they won the election it was on. The Lib Nat cabinet was onboard. They lost the election and subsequently chose division and polarisation over a chance for nation building. How do I know I have been on the Yes campaign trail with a former Liberal Cabinet member. His opportunistic treachery will be marked down in history.
Listen to those who know;
For health’s sake don’t vote no.
Please, please, please #VoteYes
#HistoryIsCalling #UluruStatement
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00465-5/fulltext
Australians can ‘lift burden of history’ with yes vote, says emotional Albanese at Uluru https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/10/australians-can-lift-burden-of-history-with-yes-vote-says-emotional-albanese-at-uluru #auspol #auslaw #IndigenousIP #voicetreatytruth #ulurustatement
@web_goddess I have been hoping for a similar outcome for the Australian #Voice referendum as for the gay marriage plebiscite (that was predicted to fail but was then resoundingly supported; and joyously so) .
However, the increasing meaness, apathy and stone-heartedness that Australians of settler heritage have shown towards #Australias1StNationPeople demonstrate that Australia is a deeply divided and by+large racist country.
Either that or the #Indigenouspeople who make up 3% of this nation are so invisible, so misrepresented historically and so misunderstood, that the other 97% just DO NOT CARE what happens to them bc they're not even on their radar..
Either way it's heartbreakingly sad.
How the hell are #aboriginal communities supposed to feel if #Notovoice succeeds and they know that over half of #Australia has just written them off as unworthy of a #voice
How are they supposed to be "well" with that ?
#auspol #YesToTheVoice #voteyes #ulurustatement #VoicetoParliament #VoteYES23Australia
I have been hoping for a similar outcome for the Australian #Voice referendum as for the gay marriage plebiscite (that was predicted to fail but was then resoundingly supported; and joyously so) .
However, the increasing meaness, apathy and stone-heartedness that Australians of settler heritage have shown towards #Australias1StNationPeople demonstrate that Australia is a deeply divided and by+large racist country.
Either that or the #Indigenouspeople who make up 3% of this nation are so invisible, so misrepresented historically and so misunderstood, that the other 97% just DO NOT CARE what happens to them bc they're not even on their radar..
Either way it's heartbreakingly sad.
How the hell are #aboriginal communities supposed to feel if #Notovoice succeeds and they know that over half of #Australia has just written them off as unworthy of a #voice
How are they supposed to be "well" with that ?
#auspol #YesToTheVoice #voteyes #ulurustatement #VoicetoParliament #VoteYES23Australia
