First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria
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Local knowledge = practical solutions.
Got friends wanting to learn more about the shared journey to Treaty in Victoria?
We’ve put together this explainer for our friends and allies which you can share around.
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Our official* response to what Scott Morrison said today:
*polite
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Oldest living culture in the world. And going strong 🖤💛❤️👇🏾👇🏼👇🏽👇🏿
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We acknowledge the many non-Aboriginal people who support us and are also hurting with the referendum result.
Thank you for your solidarity 💪🏽
This graphic is mob and ally friendly.
Feel free to share it to show your support 🖤💛❤️
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So much heartache across Community.
RIP Uncle Jack Charles.
This country has lost a true King.
🖤💛💔
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There’s no beating around the bush – the result hurts.
Our number one priority must be looking out for each other.
Let's be gentle on ourselves & others.
We’re mob. We’ve been here for more than 60,000 years & we’re not going anywhere.
We are strong, resilient & deadly.
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Umm... best basketball court ever?
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Deadly work Dareton Primary School!
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This morning
@LindaBurneyMP
was sworn in as the first Aboriginal woman to serve in Federal Cabinet -- and the first Aboriginal woman to become Indigenous Affairs Minister. Congratulations Linda! 🖤💛❤️
📸
@JamesBrickwood
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We're just 50 people away from reaching 3,000 followers!
We're the elected Assembly of Traditional Owners in Victoria working towards Australia's first ever
#Treaty
with First Peoples -- can you RT and help us reach 3,000 followers?
🖤💛❤️
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We've noticed a lot of new followers this week. It's great to see people interested in the journey to Treaty in Victoria wanting to learn more!
So a quick recap:
We are the democratically elected body of First Peoples in Victoria.
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There aren't adequate words to sum up the loss of Uncle
@archieroach
, to the Community, to the nation or indeed the world.
Our sincere condolences to the Roach Family and friends
Rest in power, Uncle, we'll see you in the Dreamtime.
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Today is an important day. It saw the first wurrek tyerrang (public hearing) of the
@yoorrook
’s Truth-telling process…
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Wow — yesterday we were hoping to get 50 more followers to reach 3,000. This morning we’re 50 away from 7,000! We’re blown away by your support — thanks for walking with us on the path to
#Treaty
. Please keep RT-ing and let’s see where we land today! 🖤💛❤️
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Invasion. Survival. Mourning.
These are just a few of the things mob feel on January 26. It's not a day to celebrate.
To our allies, thanks for standing with us. To mob, stay strong, stay deadly and stay safe ✊🏾
Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
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Champ 💪🏽🥇
Big congratulations to Noongar man Bobby Hill for taking home the Norm Smith medal.
Deadly performance. (📷
@Joe_Armao_
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Uncle Archie Roach, Aunty Marg Gardiner, Aunty Lee Wanganeen aka "Mama Wang", Uncle Jack Charles... these are just some of the Kings & Queens we will be mourning today.
The legacy we'll build on from these giants is huge, their collective impact is immeasurable.
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While we believed that a Voice to Parliament at a national level would have been complimentary to our work, it’s important to remember that Constitutional reform isn’t the only show in town. Here in Vic, we’re making great progress on the journey to Treaty
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84 years ago today, Yorta Yorta man William Cooper delivered a letter of protest to the German Consulate in Melbourne.
In it, he did what many of the world's powerful leaders were failing to do: condemn the Nazi government.
✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
📷 Esmay Mann Collection
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Australian test cricket captain Pat Cummins has called for a more appropriate date for Australia Day 🖤💛❤️
Thanks for being a good ally Cummo
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It’s simple – do you want us included in the Constitution or not? Do you want us to thrive or not? Do you want to help unite the country or not.
Have a listen to Aunty Esme explain why she wants to wake up on 15 October and tell her nan, “they voted YES”
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Breaking news:
Our Treaty Authority legislation has just passed the lower house of Victorian parliament.
💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Next stop: the upper house!
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History will remember Dan Andrews for his many achievements 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Aboriginal Victoria will remember him for his leadership on the journey toward Treaty and for starting Australia's first ever truth-telling commission.
From us all, thank you 🖤💛❤️
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Collingwood champion Darcy Moore has put his support behind the YES vote on 14 October.
He knows how powerful listening to First Nations players is in a team environment, and wants that replicated on a national level.
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Lest we forget all those who served through military service and sacrifice. Lest we forget those who were marched back to the mission instead of in the parade. Lest we forget the tens of thousands who died in the Frontier Wars ❤️
Art: ‘Lest We Forget' Lee Anthony Hampton
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Wearing a statement 🖤💛❤️
Senator Jana Stewart wore this pro-Voice dress, made by Clothing the Gaps, to the Parliament Mid Winter Ball. The dress was designed to spark conversations about the upcoming referendum, and that it did!
📸 Clothing the Gaps
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“There’s nothing romantic about saying no to the government in this situation. Because you’re not saying no to the government, you’re saying no to 80% of blackfellas who want this,” –
@Briggs
VOTE YES
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Some snaps from todays Walk for YES in Naarm 🖤💛❤️
Deadly to see thousands of people marching together in support for a Voice to parliament!
History is calling!
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Land back 🖤💛❤️
Part of the Merri Creek in Melbourne’s north will be returned to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people. It will be named marram baba Merri Creek.
Commitments are essential in ensuring our cultural lands continue to strive.
More at:
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Let's wake up in 2 weeks time as a more reconciled country.
Vote Yes
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Attempted genocide is not something to celebrate. Decision from Vic Government not to hold a parade on 26 Jan is a small step in right direction. We need holidays that bring us together as equals, not rub salt into wounds. Sign petition for a NAIDOC day:
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Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung have thrown their support behind the YES vote!
They they want Melburnians to do the same 🖤💛❤️
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We're stoked to see more places named using Language 🙌🏾👍🏾
The City of Moreland in Melbourne's inner north will soon be known as Merri-bek, or rocky country in Wurundjeri.
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"Every single Australian out there can help to close the gap by voting YES!"
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Breaking News: Treaty Authority voted into law! 💪🏽🖤💛❤️💪🏽
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John Howard still doesn’t get it.
The Apology meant so much to many members of the Stolen Generations and their children. It wasn't meaningless. It was the first time the Government formally acknowledged what had happened.
Truth telling matters.
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Ngowe. Ngayi. Korr.
We're asking you to vote YES.
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Michael Long has arrived in Canberra ✊🏾
19 years after his first walk, Michael has once again walked to Canberra to deliver a message. To get the lives of our people back on the national agenda and to urge everyone to vote YES.
Too deadly Longy, keep up the good fight 🖤💛❤️
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Thanks to
@Briggs
for dropping past for a yarn with Assembly Members and community this morning in front of the William Cooper statue in Shepparton. Looking forward to a deadly performance tonight at
#NowAndForever
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Tomorrow marks the 30th anniversary of Paul Keating's Redfern speech.
It was the first time a Prime Minister spoke the truths that those in office before had ignored.
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They say money talks... 🖤 💛 ❤️
The Reserve Bank has announced the new $5 note will get a First Nations person instead of the new monarch.
When Big Liz died last year, King Jack was tipped to replace her.
What do you reckon?
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Uncle Archie Roach, Gunditjmara, Bundjalung Elder, song man and story-teller, took one final tour of the streets of Fitzroy today before heading through town and on to St Kilda and then back to his Country, near Warrnambool.
Farewell Uncle.
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Deadly International Allies 🖤 💛 ❤️
Harry Styles carried the Aboriginal flag with him on stage, and he sung Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi, a Māori folk song 👏🏾 👏🏾
What other international acts have donned the Aboriginal flag on stage?
📸 Left: iminaIamood
📸 Right: angitukapa
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History was made today with the announcement of the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission. This moment has been 230 years in the making, one that our Elders, leaders and ancestors have laid the groundwork for.
Read our joint statement with the state below.
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Congratulations to Bruce Pascoe for taking out the Best Documentary Walkley Award 🔭
The documentary explores the impact of Bruce Pascoe's Dark Emu, a bombshell work that challenged Australia to rethink its history and start a new conversation.
📷 Sydney Film Festival
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This is our Valentine's Day message to Victoria.
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We’ll be holding a press conference at our offices in Collingwood on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country this morning at 10:45am to answer questions and discuss our next steps on the shared journey to Treaty.
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We stand with you Eddie ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
When an Aboriginal person tells their employer they feel culturally unsafe in the workplace, the onus is on them to act and fix the situation.
We need culturally safe workplaces, not belated apologies.
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Goodbye Jim Crow 👋🏾 Hello Larni Barramal Yaluk 🖤💛❤️
Today, the colonial and offensive name Jim Crow River was dropped. It will instead be called Larni Barramal Yaluk, Dja Dja Wurrung words meaning "Creek that flows through the home or dreaming place of the emu".
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“I’ll be voting 'Yes' for the Voice. When you listen to Aboriginal people about Aboriginal issues, you get better outcomes... Aboriginal people will be listened to and valued as experts on our own lives.”
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The Rainbow Serpent made an appearance at Mardi Gras this year 🌈
Deadly to see representation and recognition for all our Mob.
Credit to: ABC Indigenous 🎥
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Our statement about the Liberal National parties turning their backs on Treaty in Victoria.
Please share so everyone knows we’re still on track! ✌🏽✌🏿✌🏾
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Congratulations to the new Elders' Voice standing group ✊🏾
This group of Elders' will provide knowledge, wisdom and cultural authority on our path to Treaty.
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Huge congratulations to Assembly Member Aunty Esme for being inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women 🖤💛❤️
She has been recognised as a respected community advocate, educator, researcher and writer.
Keep up the deadly work Aunt ✊🏾
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This Saturday we're supporting a YES vote - to ensure our people have a Voice.
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Happy NAIDOC Week! This week we’re celebrating our collective excellence, resistance and survival as custodians of the world’s oldest living cultures. Find out more about this year's NAIDOC theme, Heal Country! and our work towards Treaties in Victoria via
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We welcome incoming Premier for Victoria
@JacintaAllanMP
's commitment to the Treaty process and look forward to continue walking together on the journey to Treaty.
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“We’ve been here for thousands of years and we’re not going anywhere. We are still strong, resilient and deadly.”
Constitutional recognition is not the only show in town.
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Everyone loves a day off, but you gotta stop and wonder – we’ve got a public holiday for a horse race, but no public holiday to celebrate the oldest living culture in the world?
Help us change that! Sign our petition:
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65,000 years strong.
We were pleased to join with
@clothingthegaps
and others to make this video for Community. Take a look.
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If you don't know, listen to Uncle Gary 😉
Spoiler: VOTE YES 🖤💛❤️
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"I'm black and I'm proud"
Nicky Winmar, a Noongar man, took a stand and said enough is enough on this day, 1993. Overnight he became the face of calling out racism. He solidified his spot, not just in football history, but in this nation's history.
📷 Wayne Ludbey
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For 6 years the Liberal Party have had time to reconcile themselves with the Uluṟu Statement from the Heart and they've once again just said no.
Today is a prime example of why we need an Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Voice enshrined in the Constitution.
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“Hope is such a powerful medicine,” – Aunty Jill Gallagher. Write YES.
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Yesterday a huge step was taken on the shared journey towards Treaty in Victoria.
Here’s a thread on what you should know about it…
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Standing united ✊🏾
We're not going to let party politics get in the way of finishing the job that our ancestors started.
Together, we will get Treaty done 🖤💛❤️
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Today is the day Australia.
We want a new era that is defined by two way dialogue, and for that, we need a Voice. We're asking allies to stand with the vast majority of our mob who have been calling for this for generations.
Go out today and make your vote count and vote YES!
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Vote YES on October 14, to make it possible 🖤💛❤️
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The oldest continuing Aboriginal organisation in Australia is backing the YES vote.
In 1967 the AAL campaigned for mob to be counted. In 2023 they'll be campaigning for mob to be heard. 👏🏽
#yes23
#VoiceTreatyTruth
✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿
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Deadly launch event underway in Naarm town tonight!
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Can't touch this Sovereignty
Dust off your parachute pants, MC Hammer says it's time!
#Yes23
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First Peoples are the experts when it comes to First Peoples and when governments listen to us, the outcomes are always better. Vote
#YES
so we can have a Voice protected in the Constitution.
#VoiceTreatyTruth
#yes23
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Deadly to see our flag being given a prominent home – the Victorian Government announced earlier today that the flag was put up for NAIDOC Week and will not be taken down again.
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“In no situation does the victim owe the perpetrator forgiveness, especially in the instance of mass genocide and generations of assault and terror.”
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BREAKING: The senate passed the Voice referendum bill: Yes: 52 No: 19. The passage of the legislation means the Voice referendum must be held between two and six months from today.
We support a federal Voice to Parliament and look forward to seeing a more reconciled Australia.
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“You need permanency in an advisory body so you don't get hostile governments coming in and abolishing them. That's the point, that's the real issue.” Assembly Member Uncle Garry tells
@abcnews
Vote YES
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Here’s the story behind the clip of Assembly Member Jordan Edwards’ son busting out a shake-a-leg from
@NITV
'Boomerangs over toys': the 3-year-old breaking the internet while busting out a shake-a-leg 🖤💛❤️
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AFL Hall of Fame — a well-deserved honour 🖤💛❤️ Congratulations Nicky 👏🏽
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Uncle Jack Charles lived an incredible life, so it's only fair he's given an incredible send off into the Dreamtime 🖤💛💔
Registrations to attend his state funeral - held on 18 October at Hamer Hall - will be available from 4pm today at
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Naarm, it's time to show your support. Bring your friends and family and join us as we walk for YES.
On September 17, 2023, the nation will walk together for a better future.
For details visit:
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Here's a clip from ABC's Voice's of Australia doing an explainer on Victoria's Voice, and how it has operated since 2019.
It's a proven system, and there is example right here in Victoria.
You can watch the whole clip at:
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“As Premier,
@DanielAndrewsMP
understood the power & importance of listening to First Peoples. Our mob will always remember & appreciate the willingness of his government to embark with us on the shared journey to Treaty,”
@rjhberg
Full statement:
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👏🏾👏🏽👏🏿👏🏼 Special bilingual Noongar-English front page of The West Australian for National Reconciliation Week 2022
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It’s been 56 years to the day since the 1967 Referendum. Now more than ever we need to remind ourselves of our collective strength, and the outcomes that we can achieve for a fairer future together.
In '67 we asked to be counted. In 2023 we're asking to be heard.
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Stay safe mob – we know there are white supremacists/neo-nazis causing trouble at Survival Day events pushing the White Australia policy vibe…
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“Aboriginal people are the experts when it comes to Aboriginal people, so if we want to see better outcomes for our communities, we must put Aboriginal people in the driver’s seat”
@ngarra_murray
explains in
@theage
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This is deadly 👏🏾
Images of First Nations leaders - including our Assembly Member, Trent Nelson, and Tori Kerr - were projected onto buildings in Bendigo for White Night.
This display was put together by DJAARA as a celebration of Dja Dja Wurrung determination and resilience.
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We talk a lot about the journey to Treaty. Today it feels like we are not just taking a step forward, but a leap forward. Deadly to sign the agreement with the Victorian Government today to create the Treaty Authority grounded in our culture, lore and law
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To be clear, Peter Walsh and John Pessuto, at no point told the Assembly they were walking away from Treaty. Not once.
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For too long Aboriginal people haven’t been heard. That’s why we’re asking for a Voice – one protected in the Constitution.
Write YES for recognition, listening & better outcomes.
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City of Melbourne are proposing that a statue of Aboriginal activist Louisa Briggs be erected on a new road in North Melbourne.
Deadly to see a Blak woman being honoured for a change, instead of more white men ✊🏾🖤💛❤️
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