Victoria has created history as the first Australian state to sign a treaty with First Nations people. The landmark moment comes days after media legend Ray Martin gave a powerful address at the annual Joan Kirner Social Oration on governments’ repeated failures to face up to the true horror of colonisation. Martin, who discovered his own Indigenous heritage in the 90s with his great-great-grandmother being a member of the Kamilaroi nation, has been a passionate advocate for a better deal for...
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Victoria has created history as the first Australian state to sign a treaty with First Nations people. The landmark moment comes days after media legend Ray Martin gave a powerful address at the annual Joan Kirner Social Oration on governments’ repeated failures to face up to the true horror of colonisation. Martin, who discovered his own Indigenous heritage in the 90s with his great-great-grandmother being a member of the Kamilaroi nation, has been a passionate advocate for a better deal for...
Veteran politician Fiona Patten knows what it takes to win in politics, having achieved a string of progressive social reforms as a former Victorian MLC and leader of the Australian Sex Party, later renamed Reason Australia. Known as both pragmatic and principled, Patten has returned to the fray as a federal Senate candidate for the Legalise Cannabis Party. Her latest campaign follows her recovery from three types of cancer in just two years, and builds on a legacy of political victories, i...
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Victoria has created history as the first Australian state to sign a treaty with First Nations people. The landmark moment comes days after media legend Ray Martin gave a powerful address at the annual Joan Kirner Social Oration on governments’ repeated failures to face up to the true horror of colonisation. Martin, who discovered his own Indigenous heritage in the 90s with his great-great-grandmother being a member of the Kamilaroi nation, has been a passionate advocate for a better deal for...
