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ABC News
4 days ago
- General
- ABC News
First Nations leaders hope Labor will use big majority to pursue national truth telling
Prominent Indigenous Australians are hopeful the federal government will use its significant majority in parliament to progress a national truth telling process. After declaring he would implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full — which includes establishing a Makarrata Commission to oversee truth telling — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese backed down from the commitment, after the decisive rejection of a Voice to Parliament. But this week, Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy indicated she was still open to the concept, following a call from the so-called father of reconciliation, Pat Dodson. "We have an opportunity now to have a look, with our new parliament, with our second term of government, to see what we can do moving forward," Minister McCarthy said. "One of the things the prime minister and I have said with regards to the Uluru Statement from the Heart was that we supported the three principles: voice, treaty, truth, and we've never shied away from that." While she acknowledged truth telling can happen in various ways — such as at schools — she was "ready to listen to what possibilities there could be in going forward." First Nations leader and prominent Voice campaigner Thomas Mayo said that was a positive sign. Mr Mayo partly blamed the prime minister's decision to retreat on Makarrata on the opposition. "It was under some duress from an opposition party that were invigorated somewhat from their successful nastiness during the referendum campaign and…were feral anytime anything positive in Indigenous affairs was mentioned," he said. He also urged Labor to be "courageous" after its resounding win. "That majority was somewhat a repudiation on the Coalition's punching down on Indigenous Australians throughout their election campaign," he said. Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle, who is now the Shadow Indigenous Australians Minister, has dismissed the idea the vote was a rejection by a large part of the electorate of so-called culture war issues. "I think most of the Australian public would think that it was pretty silly to suggest that it is a single issue that has resulted in the outcome that we've seen, " she told the ABC earlier this month. Mr Mayo also argued that the federal government should be encouraged by the Liberal government in Tasmania promising to set up truth telling commissioners. Former Labor senator Pat Dodson said he too felt hopeful that Labor seemed open to a national truth telling process. "I'm encouraged by the fact that the commitment that the Labor Party gave some time back, before this election, is still on the agenda," he said. "Obviously it's got to be committed to and then they've got to set up a process to enact it. "But it's a great thing because we've got to start listening to the different stories," he said. Mr Dodson said there were leaders across the country willing to be involved. "I'd encourage the minister to reach out to all these people and bring them together and start to map out a course in this term so that we can get on with it."
Sky News AU
4 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Former Labor senator speaks on the failure to recognise sovereign rights of Indigenous peoples
Centre for Independent Studies' Warren Mundine has commented on Indigenous leader Pat Dodson calling for a greater reconciliation towards First Nations people. Mr Dodson discussed closing the gap for Indigenous people. 'We have sovereignty already, we're citizens of this country,' Mr Mundine told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. 'In fact, we have benefits from the sovereign rights of this country.'
ABC News
5 days ago
- General
- ABC News
Breakfast Wrap: Why Australia has the highest rate of early onset bowel cancer
Australia now leads the world in bowel cancer rates for people under 50 years of age. But while cases are on the rise, young Australians are finding it difficult to be diagnosed due to their age. On today's Breakfast Wrap podcast episode, we hear from young patients, researchers and the federal government about why Australia might find itself in this position and what can be done. For more information on the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer visit Bowel Cancer Australia Meanwhile, a former Israeli PM joins the program as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to reach desperate new lows. Several Palestinians have been fatally shot or crushed in crowds, as they stormed a United Nations warehouse in a bid to find food. The UN has condemned the situation as 'engineered scarcity' blaming Israel. And then back home, Indigenous communities have endured what some have described as a painful Reconciliation Week. The decision to extend the life of the North West Shelf gas project has frustrated traditional owners in WA, who are worried about the preservation of ancient Indigenous rock art. And then in Alice Springs, a community is being tested once again, following the death in custody of an Aboriginal man with a disability. Hear our interview with former Labor Senator Pat Dodson. Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap
Herald Sun
5 days ago
- Politics
- Herald Sun
Peta Credin reacts to Pat Dodson's ‘frank' address on Indigenous rights
Sky News host discusses a 'remarkably frank' address from Indigenous leader and former Labor Senator Pat Dodson. 'Earlier this week, in a remarkably frank address, the Indigenous leader and former Labor senator Pat Dodson has told the rest of us that Aboriginal people are owed more than just equality,' Ms Credlin said. 'Practical reconciliation, he said, and taking steps to 'close the gap' in employment, education and health outcomes, are not enough, said Dodson, because that ignores the 'inherent and collective rights of the first peoples of Australia'. 'Just as we rejected two classes of citizens during the Voice debate, we must also reject this latest push from Pat Dodson.'
Sky News AU
5 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Peta Credin reacts to Pat Dodson's ‘frank' address on Indigenous rights
Sky News host discusses a 'remarkably frank' address from Indigenous leader and former Labor Senator Pat Dodson. 'Earlier this week, in a remarkably frank address, the Indigenous leader and former Labor senator Pat Dodson has told the rest of us that Aboriginal people are owed more than just equality,' Ms Credlin said. 'Practical reconciliation, he said, and taking steps to 'close the gap' in employment, education and health outcomes, are not enough, said Dodson, because that ignores the 'inherent and collective rights of the first peoples of Australia'. 'Just as we rejected two classes of citizens during the Voice debate, we must also reject this latest push from Pat Dodson.'
