The Hon. Harriet Shing, Minister for Housing acknowledges that Government has a lot of work to do to "address the centuries of systematic dispossession and to provide the right housing that is needed now and into the future".
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Uncle Paul Briggs: "It is not an easy thing to break into the competition and to have a level playing field to compete on when... most of the industry is over 100 years old, 150 or more and they've got systemic skill sets and family-based relationships to land over that time. /1
Ian Hamm: "I want to see in a Treaty a binding of the Victorian Government, for the length of the Treaty, no matter who is in power, that would require [it] to deeply engage with the Commonwealth and the other states around Aboriginal macro-economic policy nation-wide. /1
Ian Hamm: “This is fundamentally about our children, but more particularly our grandchildren, those who are yet to be even born and this is a way forward so they just don't have the life that we had. /1
Uncle Paul Briggs: “We have worked pretty hard over the last maybe 30, 40 years and we have seen incremental moves in education attainment and average incomes... home ownership in our region so we are working... really hard in a space where people don't value who you are. /1
"We are slowly grinding outcomes. But it needs the weight of Commonwealth, State and private sector to get behind regions, not just our region, but get behind regions and take it seriously about what the next 15 to 25 years might look like for First Nations people.” 2/2
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Thousands of people joined rallies across Australia over the weekend to show support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum.
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Wow! What a day!
Australia truly came together for Yes, with tens of thousands attending over 30 events across the country in support of a Voice to Parliament.
Recently, we asked you to tell us why you’re voting ‘Yes’ – and hundreds of you answered!
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Yes23 warmly welcomes support from the Climate Council for a Voice to Parliament.
They join over 200+ ‘Allies for Uluru’ organisations and corporations who have pledged their support.
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