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Some news from me!
Tonight I read my last ABC Canberra 7pm News bulletin for the year and for a while.
I’m really excited to announce I’ll be moving into a new role within the ABC next year, leading our coverage of the Referendum and the Voice to Parliament.
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Strong rebuke from Prime Minister
@AlboMP
on Opposition Leader
@PeterDutton_MP
: “[Peter Dutton] has a responsibility to put the national interest first - not to always be engaged in short-term political interests”.
#auspol
@BreakfastNews
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Today we mourn the passing of a giant in the Indigenous and Australian political landscape.
Yunupiŋu has passed on his lands on Gumatj country.
(Name and photos shared with family permission).
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What an absolute privilege to report from the
@YothuYindiFound
#GarmaFestival
on
#Yolngu
country. It struck me that the big discussion about a Voice to Parliament is about 2-year-old Alyssa (pictured), who is Yolngu from Yirrkala. We have a fascinating national debate ahead!
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Thankyou
@bridgeyb
- was so grateful to be sitting next to you, navigating the result on Saturday night, while also creating and holding space for so many Indigenous voices.
It’s a rare thing to be able to work alongside someone who I both look-up to and who I count as a friend.
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And that’s a wrap from me at
#Garma2024
- feeling grounded being on Yolngu Country & grateful for the generous welcome. Thrilled to have delivered hours of live rolling coverage in two fast-changing news situations with
@Williams__Carly
&
@DanaMorse_
Thank you to the amazing team
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Strong opinion from the Solicitor-General on the proposed Voice to Parliament: “The proposed amendment is not only compatible with the system of representative and responsible government established under the Constitution, but it enhances that system.”
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Happy 9th anniversary to my love
@KLijnders
; my best friend, my mate, and partner in crime! And here’s 🥂 to many many more!!
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#BREAKING
Renowned Aboriginal leader Yankunytjatjara woman, Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue has died peacefully on Sunday 4 February 2024 on Kaurna Country in Adelaide, South Australia with her immediate family by her side.
@abcnews
@LowitjaInstitut
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"This referendum won't change who we are, it will reveal who we are."
The Voice: Monday on Four Corners.
Watch on ABC iview:
#TheVoice
#VoiceToParliament
#4Corners
@abcnews
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Thanks for the kind messages and questions about my lapel pin.
It’s a ‘Cheeky Dog’ by Dion Beasley, an Alyawarr man and artist from Tennant Creek where I’m from. Dion is profoundly deaf and has Muscular Dystrophy.
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@Dan_Bourchier
Thank you for your very pertinent final observation Dan, and given the number of questions on here about your brooch would you mind saying what it was.
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It’s NAIDOC Week, themed “For Our Elders”, I’m so grateful for the Elders in my life who have mentored, supported, and guided me.
I was sad not to be at the Canberra and District NAIDOC Awards on Saturday night. Am honoured to be named ACT NAIDOC Creative Talent of the Year.
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Thank you
@AmyRemeikis
- you’re an absolute beacon of truth. Thank you so much
Incredibly honoured to be a guest on the last ever episode of the Drum. The small team behind it are honestly one of the best in the business. Just incredibly passionate people who care. Truly care. Thank you to everyone who watched me rant and ramble my way through 🫶
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“..nowhere does the Voice to Parliament proposal suggest any agreement of Aboriginal people to cede sovereignty. To the contrary, the proposal recognizes the right of Indigenous people to be heard on laws affecting our people,”
@hmcglade
writes.
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Indigenous leaders break their silence, call referendum defeat 'appalling and mean-spirited'
By Indigenous Affairs Editor
@bridgeyb
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“Indigenous people deserved so much better than the debate we were subjected to this year: the misinformation, death threats, conspiracy theories, the racist nonsense and everything in between. The worst of Australia has been on display,”
@bridgeyb
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Thank you! Couldn’t do it without your love
@KLijnders
- you keep me grounded & help me fly.
“Falling in love with you is coming home
You're always there although I'm mostly gone
You took my hand & then you let me leave
You said - go light up the room & so that what's I did”
So proud of my best friend and love
@Dan_Bourchier
with the incredible effort you have put in this year. Integrity is a word that gets thrown around a lot like a lolly. You epitomise the true meaning of that word!!!
Been apart for 186 days this year. See you next week.
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“We don't know what October 14 will bring — but for many the Voice debate has already stirred up a hidden war.”
Powerful observations from my friend and colleague
@MiriamCorowa
- all heart and a lot of pain.
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Thanks
@bairdjulia
&
@ellenmfanning
@anniewhiteabc
and the outstanding team for your amazing work on
#TheDrum
- for creating space for voices from my community. Thank you.
This is the song I’m listening to, thinking about the show, and the future!
LAST SHOW OF THE DRUM COMING UP! WE'RE BLASTING THIS IN THE OFFICE.
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My observations, shortly after it was declared that Australia voted No to the referendum on Saturday night.
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Referendum working group member and Uluru Statement advocate Thomas Mayo says Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's comments to the media are "disappointing" and do not reflect what he said when he met with the group |
@DanaMorse_
on
@abcnews
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When the Northern Territory Police Commissioner apologises for acts of racism across the history of Territory police, it will be an important moment of truth-telling.
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“A lot has been made in the past couple of weeks about diversity at the ABC.”
“I think it needs to be acknowledged that both the ABC and the press gallery in Canberra benefit - sometimes at a great personal cost - from the perspectives of diverse people.”
@DanaMorse_
#insiders
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Aunty Fay Clayton Moseley was told she was being taken on holiday when she was stolen from her family, and that her Mum didn’t want her, yet found comfort in faith and art.
Was an honour to sit with Aunty Fay. Thank you Aunty!
One Plus One - The Elders
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Thanks to the incredible
@ABCthedrum
team for having me as a guest presenter for the last month. I’ve loved the 9 shows we’ve put to air together. What a joy to facilitate big conversations about important topics, with brilliant panelists from all backgrounds and walks of life.
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Thank you for your work in exposing this
@DanBox10
- I grew up with Zac and his family as close friends in Tennant Creek. I still don’t truly understand how the NT justice system could do this - while being completely unsurprised that the system failed him.
My friend Zak gets out today after 14 years in prison for a murder even the judge said he did not physically commit. Today is a testament to those who have supported him, to the power of family and the strength of the human spirit. The next chapter starts now
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has released a statement honouring the life of
#LowitjaODonoghue
“Lowitja O’Donoghue was one of the most remarkable leaders this country has ever known. As we mourn her passing, we give thanks for the better Australia she helped make possible.”
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I can’t wait to start hearing and sharing the many different voices and perspectives of this big national conversation.
You’ll also see me regularly on The Drum - where I’ll be joining the hosting team.
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There is also a very stark generational divide, with 85% of generation Z respondents, 84% of millennials & 62% of generation X respondents being in the yes camp – while 56% of baby boomers in the sample say they will vote no |
@GuardianAus
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Good luck Laura! It’s important to note that the union process is actually about staff having a voice in the vote. I think it’s important staff are included, & part of this process.
‘Laura Tingle to run for ABC board as government prepares shakeup’ |
@smh
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“Can love ever win in war? Misinformation is rife and Indigenous Australians are carrying the weight of a national conversation that has been difficult and often devolved into racism,” searing analysis from
@DanaMorse_
@abcnews
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@shaunmicallef
Thank you Shaun, appreciated.
Hats off to the entire team who made the show happen.
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@ellenmfanning
You’re amazing Ellen. Thank you for all the support you’ve offered me, the long phone calls you’ve taken, and the kindness and wisdom you’ve shared with me!
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What has this year told us about who we are? What will the outcome of the referendum - yes or no - mean for the future?
#VoicesOfAustralia
listens & hears from people across the country with a range of perspectives.
#VoicesOfAustralia
airs tomorrow (Sunday) at 6.30pm
@abcnews
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NT senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has quit the national committee she launched just weeks ago to oppose the Indigenous voice to parliament, and will head a new grassroots No campaign funded by right-wing activist group Advance. |
@australian
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The Drum discontinued as ABC announces News Channel restructure
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So proud to see the latest episode of One Plus One - The Elders about to go to air tonight.
Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann began teaching in her Northern Territory community of Nauiyu in the 1970s, but as she explained to me, now is the time when her work really begins.
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Christian Porter tells inquiry ‘someone’ in department assured him robodebt was legal but ‘I can’t recall who’ | Royal commission into robodebt | The Guardian
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Powerful analysis from
@bridgeyb
about the questioning of the impact of colonisation is a “fringe view”. “I thought we’d settled this as a country, we apologised a long time ago to the Stolen Generations survivors.”
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Professor Marcia Langton, co-chair of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament design group, said Peter Dutton's announcement will fuel confusion in the community.
"I think his opposition to the Voice relies absolutely on deceit and misrepresentations.”
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Peter Dutton accused of taking Voice to Parliament feedback 'out of context' via
@ABCaustralia
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Amazing to help launch the Tony Armstrong’s Extraordinary Things exhibition at the National Museum of Australia - with an in-conversation about the power of the stories of items that define us. Such an incredible exhibition and program on ABC
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'We don't need a voice, we need ears': Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says politicians need to listen to needs |
@abcnews
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Professor
@mdavisqlder
tells
@BreakfastNews
“the constitution deals with the principle, the Parliament deals with the machinery”, making the point enshrining the voice in the constitution creates the platform, and then it’s over to the Parliament to determine how it operates.
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@SaraJade_13
Heya Sara, I’m on leave, moving and settling in to a new home, and having a break. Loving the downtime and looking forward to getting back on deck late next month! Hope you’re well 😃
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“That statement which spoke of the "torment of our powerlessness " now reads more prophetic than ever.”
Powerful analysis from
@bridgeyb
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Should be noted that this is not the advice the Solicitor-General gave to Cabinet - which is protected and can’t be released - however, this is the legal opinion of the Solicitor-General. This distinction is important really just because of the legalities around it.
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This is going to be an important year for all of us, and I’m looking forward to hearing and sharing lots of voices and perspectives as part of this big national conversation.
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The latest on the passing of Indigenous rights giant,
#LowitjaODonoghue
@abcnews
#BREAKING
Renowned Aboriginal leader Yankunytjatjara woman, Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue has died peacefully on Sunday 4 February 2024 on Kaurna Country in Adelaide, South Australia with her immediate family by her side.
@abcnews
@LowitjaInstitut
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Was such an incredible honour to be the MC of the
@LowitjaInstitut
3rd International Health and Wellbeing Conference in Cairns, on the lands of the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji and Yirrganydji peoples, under the theme: Truth, Rights, Response.
#lowitja23
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Amazing work
@DanaMorse_
For many Australians, the idea, purpose and details of the Voice are not yet clear. Political reporter
@DanaMorse_
explains what we know about the proposal so far.
#abc730
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So proud of our friend Louise, who is a trailblazer, inspiration and leader!
@KLijnders
@KarlLijnders
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From me. When I spoke about Yunupiŋu in Insiders last week, it was to acknowledge his enormous impact and his final great battle.
Today I pay my deepest respects and acknowledge the mourning is just beginning for his family and his people.
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Two Aboriginal women have become magistrates in South Australia, in what is a milestone moment for the state's judiciary.
Lana Chester and Natalie Browne are the first Aboriginal people ever appointed as magistrates in SA - ABC News
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Hope you can join us on
#WeekendBreakfast
- with the latest from the
@YothuYindiFound
#garmafestival
-
@BlakMagiqWoman
will be with me shortly on
@abcnews
@ABCTV
@BreakfastNews
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The Voice to Parliament referendum asks a simple question, but Australia's answer is complicated
Watch the Four Corners Voice special, Muddy Waters, from 8.30pm AEST tonight on ABC TV and ABC iview.
#TheVoice
#VoiceToParliament
#4Corners
@abcnews
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Powerful comments from
@DanaMorse_
about the politics around the
#voice
and the way many other issues are being dragged in to the debate.
#insiders
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I’m grateful to the Elders for entrusting me and the team to do this work, and to honour their vision.
A very special thank you to the viewers and listeners of the ABC – for your kindness and support. We do our work for you, and I’m so grateful for that support.
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Check out the latest episode of
#VoicesOfAustralia
below - where I check the pulse of the campaign with
@bridgeyb
and
@CaseyBriggs
Thanks
@anniewhiteabc
& Julie Nimmo for all your hard work on this show!
What have we learned from Voice debate as voting day approaches?
@Dan_Bourchier
| Voice... via
@YouTube
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@KLijnders
Thank you my love - you are forever in my corner, thank you.
This has been incredibly humbling and I’m honoured to be alongside Kurt, Joanne and Dr Raymond, and the incredible finalists across all the categories.
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Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney pays tribute to
#LowitjaODonoghue
“Lowitja’s leadership and tenacity has been an inspiration for generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, including myself.”
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“the Voice’s function of making representations will not fetter or impede the existing powers of the Executive Government… The Voice’s function of making representations will not fetter or impede the existing powers of the Executive Government.”
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Thank you Adrienne Francis for giving me the time and space to have this yarn, and for putting this piece together.
Thank you!
Dan Bourchier was lead by Elders - ABC Radio
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Switching off for a fortnight - off to The Kimberley. No phones, no twitter - disconnecting to reconnect to country.
Thanks to the
@ARLFNews
and
#NationalIndigenousAustraliansAgency
for investing in me to do this leadership course.
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The SG continues: “[The] Voice’s function of making representations will not fetter or impede the exercise of the existing powers of the Parliament… Proposed s 129 would not prevent the Parliament from legislating until it receives a representation from the Voice.”
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Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has demanded that none of her fellow Greens MPs, including another Indigenous senator, meet with Indigenous community members about the Voice to parliament, insisting only she was allowed to do so.
@smh
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“It begs the question: If the opposition is so set on a legislated voice – why didn’t it do this during its nine years of government?”
Linda Burney: Voice our next historic and proud chapter | The Australian
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I’ve been really proud of my work at ABC Canberra over the last 6 years, especially helping to drive the introduction of Ngunnawal language on TV and Radio. This has driven major change in our community and a renewed conversation about Indigenous language across our nation.
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ICYMI
Muddy Waters: Renegotiating Australia's democracy.
The team and I travelled the country talking to people about what the referendum means to them. The Voice debate has been unsettling and confusing, so what does self-determination look like?
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@anniewhiteabc
Thank you Annie for your leadership and strength for the whole team and show, and for me personally - the support you’ve offered me this year. I’m truly grateful for it!
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Was powerful to join artist Gail Mabo on Palm Island, Queensland, her mother’s country for the final episode of One Plus One - The Elders.
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With his carer Joy Boulter, Dion’s stories are turned in to wearable art.
Dion and Joy gave me the pin I wore today, when I was volunteering to host a conference about community development in Central Australia a couple of years ago.
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Such a spectacular morning here on Yolngu country in Arnhem Land. I’ll join you live on
#WeekendBreakfast
@BreakfastNews
shortly reflecting on the sad passing of the great Archie Roach, and the latest from the Garma Festival.
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“Nor would it require the Parliament to consult with the Voice before legislating. The text of proposed s 129 which imposes no obligations of any kind upon the Voice, the Parliament or the Executive Government – is incapable of supporting any such requirements.”
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In a family statement, his daughter Binmila Yunupiŋu said:
“We remember him for his fierce leadership, and total strength for Yolŋu and for Aboriginal people throughout Australia.”
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Sitting on the tarmac of Canberra airport - where we are waiting on the plane, the captain just told us the AFP is doing a “security sweep” of the airport after we were told the airport has been evacuated.
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Director of
@abcnews
Justin Stevens said “Dan is a fantastic journalist and broadcaster, with some of the best contacts in Indigenous Affairs reporting.”
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BREAKING: About to disembark the plane at Canberra airport, and will be “escorted” to collect bags and escorted out of the terminal
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Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney says it was a “mistake” that Opposition Leader Peter Dutton didn’t attend the breakfast this morning for members of the Stolen Generation. Minister Burney sat down with
@DanaMorse_
- watch shortly on
#AfternoonBriefing
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Anyone who wants to hear a range of views on the referendum, and where to from here - check out this powerful
#Drum
@abcnews
discussion.
@NaomiMoran_
@wesaird
Professor Anne Pattel-Gray
@BenAbbatangelo
With the erudite
@ellenmfanning
at the helm
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Thank you for the incredible generosity of my news about joining
@ABCthedrum
and becoming the ABCs Voice/Referendum Correspondent - ahead of a massive year.
Some news from me!
Tonight I read my last ABC Canberra 7pm News bulletin for the year and for a while.
I’m really excited to announce I’ll be moving into a new role within the ABC next year, leading our coverage of the Referendum and the Voice to Parliament.
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“His move will see him helping lead the ABC’s coverage of one of the most important stories in 2023 - the national conversation about a Referendum and the Voice to Parliament. Dan will also be a regular presenter on The Drum, which he’s hosted on numerous occasions this year.”
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AUNTY Caroline Hughes wasn’t allowed to speak her first language, Ngunnawal, when growing up, for fear of discipline.
On Thursday, she was bestowed with an Honourary Degree of the
@UniCanberra
, for a lifetime of dedication to education, learning and reconciliation.
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“We ask you to mourn his passing in your own way, but we as a family encourage you to rejoice in the gift of his life and leadership.
“There will never be another like him.”
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“We thank and honour her for all that she has done – for all the pathways she created, for all the doors she opened, for all the issues she tackled head-on, for all the tables she sat at and for all the arguments she fought and won.”
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It comes as the PM announced an $830m AUD settlement pkg over the scrapped submarine deal with French company, Naval.
The PM also saying there was a “reset” of relations with “important ally France”, and that that reset was something French President
@EmmanuelMacron
also wants.
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PM Albanese said it was “heartening” to see the Nadesalinham family return to Biloela - adding that he saw “no impediment” to the family getting visas, but that “processes will take place”.
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“Aunty Lowitja dedicated her entire lifetime of work to the rights, health, and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.”
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“He lived by our laws always.
“Yunupiŋu lived his entire life on his land, surrounded by the sound of bilma (clapsticks), yidaki (didgeridoo) and the manikay (sacred song) and dhulang (sacred designs) of our people.”
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Yuma - hi there, if you work at the ABC, I’m hoping you’ll back me to be the next ABC Staff Elected Director.
I would bring: Experience, Passion, Results.
Now more than ever, we need a strong an independent public broadcaster - that requires different voices on the board.
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“He was born on our land, he lived all his life on our land and he died on our land secure in the knowledge that his life’s work was secure.
“He had friendship and loyalty to so many people, at all levels, from all places.”
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“His coverage at Garma was brilliant and he will be a massively positive addition to the News team in a key year for coverage of Indigenous affairs. We can’t wait to see what he does in 2023,” Justin Stevens said.
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“Our father was driven by a vision for the future of this nation, his people’s place in the nation and the rightful place for Aboriginal people everywhere.
“In leaving us, we know that Dad’s loss will be felt in many hearts and minds.”
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