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Feb 3 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Exploring #BarkLadies at @NGVMelbourne and the curation by Myles Russel-Cook and the exhibition design (I don’t know who did it) are incredible, enhancing the extraordinary art from @yirrkalaart
Mirrors enhance the poles by Galumbu the “Star Lady” reflecting her stars to infinity
An intense installation by ms N Yunupingu
When curating becomes art … incredible use of reflections in #BarkLadies at @NGVMelbourne
I always forget how BIG this masterpiece is … the first“Lightning in the Rock” by Nonngirnga Marawili is about 9’ tall … on bark
“Order” by Dhambit Munungurr, about the backstabbing of Julia Gillard, shows bush mob are not disengaged from national politics.
No words … pano #BarkLadies @NGVMelbourne

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Feb 1
People have asked me if there was a solution to "return the flag to Aboriginal ownership". The thing is, the flag was already under Aboriginal ownership. It was owned by Luritja man Harold Thomas. It LEFT Aboriginal ownership in January 2022.
I know people are victims of propaganda and their inability to understand copyright, but Harold Thomas licensing his flag to someone does not mean those companies OWNED the flag, he still owned it. It has never left Aboriginal ownership until some people demanded the govt buy it
So, if you wanted a solution to "having the flag Aboriginal owned" the solution was, do nothing, leave it with Harold. But that did not suit the AFL and some partly Aboriginal owned businesses, who wanted to make money from the flag without paying license fees.
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Jan 25
More on the flag. People keep giving Clothing the Gaps all the credit for the Flag thing. In reality CTG wanted the Commonwealth to compulsorily acquire the copyright without compensation to Harold Thomas.

I call that theft from an elder.
This is a matter of public record as part of the federal senate hearing that CTG and I both spoke at on opposite sides. CTG's stance, compulsory acquisition. My stance, fair payment to HT for his copyright. CTG are claiming credit for a deal they were trying to prevent.
You need to get this straight. CTG didn't want this deal to happen because they didn't want HT paid for his copyright. In reality the Commonwealth were working a deal already when the senate hearing began and their stance was that the hearings and CTG were jeopardizing the deal
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Jan 25
Don't get me wrong, I think the situation with the Aboriginal Flag was the best possible outcome in the context. Sadly there will be consequences that none of you thought of, that some of us have been discussing for years. People just don't think things through. A thread.
Firstly, people demanded the flag be freed by the commonwealth acquiring it by financial or legal means. This result, what happened, gives power over our flag to the colonisers. Like I said, it was the only solution on offer but still far from perfect.
Secondly, those wanting to "free the flag" so that they and other mob can monetise it are not going to get what they think they are. They will not be able to compete with cheap knock-off products that will now be legal. You can't sell flag t-shirts for $40 anymore.
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Jan 24
Breaking: Harold Thomas has signed over the copyright of the Aboriginal Flag to the Federal Government for a reasonable sum.

Royalties from use of the flag to to the NAIDOC committee.

$20m copyright buyout makes Aboriginal flag free for all afr.com/politics/feder…
I have always said, and have others, that the only correct result would be the government offering Mr Thomas an adequate payment for his copyright. Harold is happy with the deal so I am happy and so should we all.
And this: "Mr Thomas plans to use $2 million to establish an Australian Aboriginal Flag Legacy not-for-profit to make periodic disbursements aligned with interests of Aboriginal Australians and the flag." ... he's a great man.
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Nov 13, 2021
OK, I have read the who article now and I have to say that Michele misrepresented what actually happened. What she was burned for, deservedly, was her racist diatribe against a POC writer. Michele's behavior on twitter that night was disgraceful, she needs to take a step back.
It's not all about you Michele. BTW, when you are saying that an article in the Spectator gave you hope you have deeper problems than you think. You need to step back from your own tears and consider how you look. I promise you, I will not forget how you acted until you face up.
BTW, Michele, you tried to engage with me, while not engaging with the people you hurt at the time. I have receipts, I saved the emails as PDFs, I have screenshots somewhere, I can drag up if I need to.

At this point the only person who can stop you being burned is you.
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Nov 13, 2021
Who in the hell published this? Who thought it was OK to give a whole page to a white woman so she could pretend to be the victim, spray us with white woman's tears, when the entire literary world knows she was the aggressor.
I was there, dragging her in real time for her abuse of a woman of colour. I was there, making her admit it was her running the account. I was there, trying to put out the fire and trying to support her victims.

Yes, her victims.
There were not many WOC who could call her out without fear and I was one of them. She seemed unrepentant at the time, more scared than sorry, and I am sad to say she has not changed. Whoever published this shameful piece should be ashamed.
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