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Kudra :maybe_verified:Yoorrook Justice Commission invites you to be part of the Walk for Truth from Portland to Parliament.Everyone is invited to join when Yoorrook Deputy Chair Commissioner Travis Lovett, Kerrupmara Gunditjmara, walks from Portland, where colonisation began, to Parliament, where we can transform the future.Starting on Sunday 25 May on GunditjmaraGunditjmara Country at Portland, the Walk will finish at Parliament House on Wednesday 18 June. This powerful journey aims to bring everyone together to walk toward truth, celebrate the strength and resistance of Aboriginal people, and be proud to have the oldest living culture in the world as ours.For more information:<a href="https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/events/walkfortruth/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/events/walkfortruth/</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Naarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Naarm</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Yoorook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yoorook</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gunditjmara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gunditjmara</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AboriginalLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AboriginalLand</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBeAboriginalLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBeAboriginalLand</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/colonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colonisation</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WalkForTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WalkForTruth</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TruthTelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TruthTelling</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/aboriginalheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aboriginalheritage</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousAustralian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousAustralian</a> lawmaker confronts British royals: ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YouAreNotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YouAreNotMyKing</a>' Story by Hilary Whiteman October 21, 2024“Britain’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KingCharlesIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KingCharlesIII</a> had just finished giving a speech to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a>’s Parliament House on Monday when an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> senator began yelling, 'You are not my king.'“From the back of the room, Independent Senator <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LidiaThorpe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LidiaThorpe</a> shouted at the royal couple, 'Give us our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LandBack</a>, give us what you stole,' as security officers moved to escort her away.“The interjection came as King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet the nation’s leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.During his speech, King Charles acknowledged Australia’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstNations</a> people, who lived on the land ‘for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of British settlers over 230 years ago.“‘Throughout my life, Australia’s First Nations people have done me the great honor of sharing so generously their stories and cultures,' King Charles said.'I “can only say how much my own experience has been shaped and strengthened by such traditional wisdom.'“Earlier, a traditional Aboriginal welcoming ceremony was held outside Parliament House for the royal couple, but for many of the country’s Indigenous population, they are not welcome.“The arrival of British settlers to Australia led to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#massacre</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousPeople</a> at hundreds of locations around the country until as recently as the 1930s. Their [descendants] still suffer from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SystemicDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SystemicDiscrimination</a> in a country that has failed to reverse centuries of disadvantage.“Thorpe, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DjabWurrung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DjabWurrung</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gunnai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gunnai</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gunditjmara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gunditjmara</a> woman, has long campaigned for a treaty and has previously voiced her fierce objections to the British monarchy.“Australian’s Indigenous people never ceded <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sovereignty</a> and have never engaged in a treaty process with the British Crown. Australia remains a Commonwealth country with the King as its Head of State.“During her swearing-in ceremony in 2022, Thorpe referred to Australia’s then-Head of State as 'the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colonizing</a> Her Majesty <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueenElizabethII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QueenElizabethII</a>,' and was asked to take the oath again.“She did so while raising one fist in the air.“On Monday, protesters stood with an Aboriginal flag as the royal couple visited the Australian War Memorial. A 62-year-old man was arrested for failing to comply with a police direction.“Before she yelled at the King, Thorpe turned her back during a recital of 'God Save the King,' Australian media reported. Images showed her wearing a possum-fur coat, standing in the opposite direction of other attendees.“<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheGreens</a> party said in a statement that the King’s presence was 'a momentous occasion for some' but also a 'visual reminder of the ongoing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColonialTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColonialTrauma</a> and legacies of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BritishColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishColonialism</a>' for many First Nations people.“In the statement, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greens</a> Senator Dorinda Cox, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YamatjiNoongar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YamatjiNoongar</a> woman, called for the King to be clear in his recognition and support of ‘First Nations <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justice</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TruthTelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TruthTelling</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/healing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healing</a>.'“‘He now needs to be on the right side of history,' she added.“The Australian Monarchist League demanded Thorpe’s resignation after what it called a 'childish demonstration.’”Read more: <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/australian-lawmaker-confronts-british-royals-you-are-not-my-king/ar-AA1sD1n0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/australian-lawmaker-confronts-british-royals-you-are-not-my-king/ar-AA1sD1n0</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TruthAndReconciliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TruthAndReconciliation</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StolenLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StolenLand</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CuturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Racism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenParty</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenPartyAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenPartyAustralia</a>

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