Les Malezer

I tweet, therefore I am!
Advocate for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia, and Indigenous Peoples of the World.

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

#NikiSavva sounds the warning — the coalition is empowered by its disinformation apparatus which performed so well at the referendum.

we need to address lies in political advertising lest the next election becomes a fog of precision guided lies.

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

UN experts urged Australian authorities to treat the Voice Referendum only as a first step towards the full implementation of the Uluru Statement and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

Why doesn't Australia to support human rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia? Instead of welcoming people taking our country why don't we ask that question and insist upon an answer? Do politicians know? Or do we go 'REFERENDUM' so Australia does not need an answer?

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

Days after the referendum we still hear persistent rubbish re will of the people; ignorance coming from all sides of the debate. If results reflect Racism V. Reconciliation, how do political scientists explain 2023 results against 1967 results (if they know anything at all)?

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

22/9/2014 Australia votes yes - "We commit ourselves to cooperating with indigenous peoples ... to achieve the ends of the Declaration [on the rights of Indigenous Peoples]." UN General Assembly Resolution 69/2

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

@Alanon4 No evidence of that. The political tactics were poor. Ignored Expert Panel report; committed on election night without wider counsel; backed a partisan campaign; ignored polls; refused to reconsider. Yet he holds a parliamentary majority for rights into law.

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

Please, what is the policy of the current ALP government regarding the rights of the Indigenous Peoples? Can we get to the starting line for implementing the UN-led strategies for human rights of the world's Indigenous Peoples?

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

"Indigenous Peoples have the right to self-determination. BY VIRTUE OF THAT RIGHT THEY FREELY DETERMINE THEIR POLITICAL STATUS and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development." Vote OKAY or QUE?

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

Recognition in the constitution is an option. Indigenous Peoples rights are not an option. Australia must defend the racist platform until the First Peoples human rights are acknowledged and protected.

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

@tjapmara @IndigenousX @SenatorThorpe @nareenyoung @InalaCooper @milopep85 @WboolStandard @3AW693 Not sure. Is there a struggle? Land Rights maybe? Australia is occupied navel gazing the constitution; not really a blackfella problem. No struggle there!

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

@jeremy_gans I disagree with the concept the GG does not have responsibility, personifying the 'Crown', to be transparent to the people. The role may feel symbolic through historical transition to 'democracy', but the Crown is still absolute power embodied in government. Ask any blackfella.

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

For me, the "VOICE" debate mirrors national attitudes. A third support rights for our mob, a third are entrenched opponents, and a third care less. What did we learn from historical voices to parliament, and why now get excited by poetry but no change? Land Rights Now!

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

@ConstitLawAus Is NT the power already in the constitution following from the 1967 referendum?

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

@tjapmara @abcdarwin @ABCIndigenous @DailyMirror @ColinCowell @theage @BBCNews @yoorrookjc No money, no shame

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

#notONEnotFREE So much for a truth commission, as the PM decides to renew efforts to assimilate the First Peoples of Australia. https://t.co/d9PGANyX42

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

@AvaniDias @isabellahiggins @InsidersABC Our flags are icons for self-determination by Aboriginal Peoples. Rather the Australian Parliament have honest policies re the First Peoples than dog-whistle assimilation futures. When and how did Aboriginal Peoples decide to hand over our flags to the Australian government?

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

@AvaniDias @isabellahiggins @InsidersABC "Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions, while retaining their right to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the State." A.5

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

Save FAIRA's Building for the Aboriginal Estate https://t.co/XDbgyzBb2k

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

Perspective on the Convention 169: its significance to Aboriginal peoples https://t.co/gIHclGtyYB

[Les Malezer @butchulla]

The government should not spend one cent on commemorating Captain Cook, without first getting agreement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People on how his arrival and navigation of the eastern coast of... https://t.co/D6Vp2vuor4