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Helen
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Grandma. On Noongar boodja. Still Yes. Truth Telling. Retired. Ex Director Dept Aboriginal Affairs. Advocate for Reconciliation.
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"A class war disguised as a war over ideas, funded by the wealthy and privileged and designed to distract you from the realities and policies of the day. It is aimed right at you."
Why can’t the guy fund rehabilitation and reforesting and buy areas of the actual Amazon to protect for future generations. He can make it marketing his brand if he likes . I don’t care. But surely do something good with his billions!
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Extra firey video BTC, well done!! 👏 👏 👏 Amazing South Park & Kimmell smackdown on free speech. Makes me want to cheer "USA!" a little. Find your fire, good people!
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South Park DESTROYS Trump & FCC chair Brendan Carr
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Not a journo …. but I’m well peeved. I hope our PM supports him and speaks up for our press freedom. Trump is a bully. I hate what’s happening in the US.
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Brian Kilmeade calls for mass murder and it's ok because the bar is so low for right wing whites.
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Why can’t all humans be like these adorable fur babies the world would be a better place… 🐱 🐶
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I wish the government and the media would put as much effort into racism of Indigenous people as they do with anti-semitism.
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The opening paragraph in Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal's Foreward ignores 65,000+ years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander presence in Australia. Expunging a people's presence on the land, their culture and history? Deeply disturbing. #auspol #NAIDOC
Watching from 🇦🇺 feel for generations of young 🇺🇸 who will pick up pieces due to gutless republicans today Health care, food assist - and environmental safe guards stripped. Billionaires given tax breaks. Deranged. Domestic terrorism. Many MAGA will suffer they don’t even know it yet until it hits
She was hard to watch and listen to…
I’m watching from Australia. Ally. I hope someone does get you out of this misery… what I don’t understand is … … is there not one Republican leader with a spine?! Surely they can see the crazy in front of them. Surely they can see how it impacts the country? Scary times. Stay safe. Good trouble.
Thank you for what you do. I’m watching all things US from Australia, and you have my full respect.
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Totally agree … but first … we need a flag that represents all Australians … not just a few living in a golden age past … that never really was…
Until we honour the history that First Nations people carry, we’re not truly sharing this land - we’re just standing on it.
When a platform is given to deny or minimise the truth of colonisation, it gives cover to prejudice. It lets racism lift its head, dressed up as “opinion.”

We have to stop picking and choosing whose pain we believe.
And why does it feel, in recent times, like some people feel newly entitled to speak racism out loud - simply because one Aboriginal political voice is being used to justify views they already held?
So why is the deep, intergenerational trauma experienced by Aboriginal families so often ignored, dismissed, or blamed on the people themselves?
We grieve with communities after floods, fires - we understand the deep disruption to lives, land & community spirit. We recognise trauma can be deep, complex & passed from one gen to the next. We know how to listen. We know how to care. We know how to respond to suffering - when we choose to.
We show empathy for farmers battling drought, fire and loss - we recognise the toll on lives, land and livelihoods.

We listen to those affected by suicide and mental health crisis - and we recognise how that pain can ripple through families.
We support veterans impacted by war - we honour their service and the scars they carry.

We acknowledge the long-term harm caused by institutional child abuse - its impact echoing through generations.