Solidarity to people marching across the US in support of George Floyd & #BlackLivesMatter.
In no just society would it take this to hold police accountable. We are right to be outraged.
We must also channel that fury & grief at similar injustices happening every day at home.
In no just society would it take this to hold police accountable. We are right to be outraged.
We must also channel that fury & grief at similar injustices happening every day at home.
At least 432 First Nations people have died in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody.
Not 1 police officer has been convicted.
#AboriginalLivesMatter
Not 1 police officer has been convicted.
#AboriginalLivesMatter
Nearly thirty years later, we’re still calling for: decriminalisation of minor offences like fine default, making prison a last resort, funding for culturally sensitive health & mental health services & implementation of audits to track gov progress.
#AboriginalLivesMatter
#AboriginalLivesMatter
First Nations peoples make up around 2% of our population, but 27% of the prison population.
We continue to fail to close the gap on health, education, and income.
#AboriginalLivesMatter
We continue to fail to close the gap on health, education, and income.
#AboriginalLivesMatter
Australia’s atrocious treatment of First Nations peoples did not end with the Stolen Generation. It continues to this day. And as long as it continues, and we continue to paper over our failures, we are all the lesser for it.
#AboriginalLivesMatter
#AboriginalLivesMatter
