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Mick Gooda

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'We needed to get our shit together': Inside the delays and disagreements that doomed the Yes campaign

On Wurundjeri country, in a meeting room in Collingwood, black, red and yellow helium balloons still hang from the roof — remnants of a referendum party that ended in heartbreak. For Jill Gallagher, a Gunditjmara leader and longtime advocate for Aboriginal rights, the rejection of a Voice for her people still feels deeply personal and “disheartening”. On October 14, dozens gathered at the…

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Something’s got to be done about the way we lock our people up in this country, and particularly the way we lock our kids up. What we saw last night (footage of children in detention being abused, hooded and bound in a manner likened to Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay) is an absolute disgrace. I refuse to believe our kids are the most criminal kids in the world, just as I refuse to believe our people are the most criminal.

Mick Gooda, the social justice and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander commissioner

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from self-respect comes dignity; from dignity comes hope.