#OTD in 1984 – Singer and musician, Luke Kelly, was laid to rest at Glasnevin Cemetery.
‘His legacy was putting his own stamp on a song such that it became the definitive version of a song for others to come along and emulate.’ –John Sheahan.
The mass was celebrated by Fr Michael Cleary at the Church of the Holy Child in Whitehall and The Dubliners performed during the ceremony.
Kelly’s brothers, John, Jimmy and Paddy carried his coffin along with banjo player Barney McKenna. Luke…
A No vote — and how we got to one — will change the way we see ourselves, and send the most unloving of messages to Indigenous Australians,
"It does not and will not take much to mobilise antipathy against Aboriginal people and to conjure the worst imaginings about us and the recognition we seek. For those who wish to oppose our recognition, it will be like shooting fish in a barrel. An inane thing to do — but easy. A heartless thing to do — but easy." Noel Pearson
Pearson, one of the architects of the Uluru statement from the heart, called Dutton an ‘undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru’
Comment:
Australia’s centre-right parties have been in disarray since the May 2022 national elections. Sustained moves to the right on climate change, lgbtiq rights, and even integrity issues saw them lose seats, especially in urban areas, to greens, to centrist ‘teal’ independents as well as to the Australian Labor Party which formed a narrow majority government.
Now, after decades of also playing wedge politics with the minority rights of Australia’s indigenous peoples reflecting ahistorical, proto-racist views, these centre-right parties led by a notorious populist conservative, Peter Dutton, have doubled down on that stance to reject a proposed direct reference and formal advisory role for indigenous folk in Australia’s written constitution known as ‘the voice’. (https://dialogue-queered.tumblr.com/post/713901890333802496/all-australians-own-the-constitution-now-we-have.) It appears the Coalition parties think they can build a majority for resentment against indigenous peoples at the very time when national reconciliation is progressing.
This formal advisory role was proposed (alongside treaty and truth-telling means for reconciliation) by a congress of indigenous peoples in 2017 that culminated in the ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’ ( https://dialogue-queered.tumblr.com/post/713851452727197696/view-the-statement-uluru-statement-from-the.)
Noel Pearson (referenced below) was a member of this indigenous peoples congress.
A referendum to amend the constitution is proposed for late 2023.
Extract 1:
The Liberal party yesterday formally resolved to oppose the referendum for a constitutionally enshrined voice to parliament, instead proposing symbolic constitutional recognition of Indigenous people along with local and regional voices set up by legislation. Symbolic constitutional recognition was rejected in the detailed consultation processes leading up to the Uluru statement from the heart, which called for a constitutionally enshrined voice.
On ABC’s AM program, Dutton claimed that the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, was “on a path to dividing the country” and that the voice would disrupt the process of government.
Extract 2:
State Liberal leaders have publicly opposed the federal party’s decision, and federal MP Bridget Archer admitted she had considered quitting the party, saying her colleagues hadn’t learned the lessons of mounting election losses.
Extract 3:
“Dutton sees his own political future tied up with getting this referendum to fail. This is more about his calculations about Liberal versus Labor, rather than what’s good for the country,” Pearson told ABC radio on Thursday morning.“He doesn’t mind chucking Indigenous Australians and the future of the country under the bus so he can preserve his miserable political hide.”
Pearson, one of the architects of the Uluru statement, has for years attempted to convince conservatives of the merit of the voice concept. He was scathing of Dutton’s decision, calling it “very sad”.
“I couldn’t sleep last night. I was troubled by dreams and the spectre of the Dutton Liberal party’s Judas betrayal of our country,” Pearson said.“They’ve had 11 years of power to work on a proper proposal for recognition and the decision they’ve taken yesterday is a very poor outcome … I see the leader of the Liberal party, Mr Dutton, as an undertaker preparing the grave to bury [the Uluru statement].”
Extract 4:
Pearson said Dutton was on a “unity ticket” with One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and former prime minister Tony Abbott, who are both campaigning against the voice.“I believe that the Liberal party is greatly out of step with the sentiment of the Australian people on this issue, and we will succeed notwithstanding their very disappointing stance,” he said.“I am certain that every attempt to try and kill Uluru and bury it will not succeed. The Australian people will rise to the historic opportunity we have to achieve reconciliation at last.”
Pearson noted the former Coalition government did not secure constitutional recognition of Indigenous people over its decade in office, despite it being part of the party’s platform.
#OTD in 1984 – Singer and musician, Luke Kelly, was laid to rest at Glasnevin Cemetery.
#OTD in 1984 – Singer and musician, Luke Kelly, was laid to rest at Glasnevin Cemetery.
‘His legacy was putting his own stamp on a song such that it became the definitive version of a song for others to come along and emulate.’ –John Sheahan.
The mass was celebrated by Fr Michael Cleary at the Church of the Holy Child in Whitehall and The Dubliners performed during the ceremony.
Kelly’s brothers, John, Jimmy and Paddy carried his coffin along with banjo player Barney McKenna. Luke…
#OTD in 1984 – Singer and musician, Luke Kelly, was laid to rest at Glasnevin Cemetery.
#OTD in 1984 – Singer and musician, Luke Kelly, was laid to rest at Glasnevin Cemetery.
‘His legacy was putting his own stamp on a song such that it became the definitive version of a song for others to come along and emulate.’ –John Sheahan.
The mass was celebrated by Fr Michael Cleary at the Church of the Holy Child in Whitehall and The Dubliners performed during the ceremony.
Kelly’s brothers, John, Jimmy and Paddy carried his coffin along with banjo player Barney McKenna. Luke…
#OTD in 1984 – Singer and musician, Luke Kelly, was laid to rest at Glasnevin Cemetery.
#OTD in 1984 – Singer and musician, Luke Kelly, was laid to rest at Glasnevin Cemetery.
‘His legacy was putting his own stamp on a song such that it became the definitive version of a song for others to come along and emulate.’ –John Sheahan.
The mass was celebrated by Fr Michael Cleary at the Church of the Holy Child in Whitehall and The Dubliners performed during the ceremony.
Kelly’s brothers, John, Jimmy and Paddy carried his coffin along with banjo player Barney McKenna. Luke…
1984 – Singer and musician, Luke Kelly, was laid to rest at Glasnevin Cemetery.
1984 – Singer and musician, Luke Kelly, was laid to rest at Glasnevin Cemetery.
The mass was celebrated by Fr Michael Cleary and The Dubliners performed during the ceremony. Luke Kelly’s family and friends were joined by people from the worlds of television, theatre, radio, politics, sport and music. Guests included John Sheehan, Ciarán Bourke, Barney McKenna, Finbar Furey, Jim McCann, Charles Haughey, Albert Reynolds, Noel Pearson, Phil Coulter, and Ronnie Drew. The people…
A prediction made 12 months ago is coming true — and it's sending a painful message
Voice referendum essentials:
“We are a much-unloved people,” leading Yes campaigner Noel Pearson said when he delivered the first of his Boyer Lectures 12 months ago.
“We are perhaps the ethnic group Australians feel least connected to. We are not popular and we are not personally known to many Australians. Few have met us and a small minority count us as friends.”
Despite this, he said,…
