Saturday 16 September 2023

Australia news live: Victoria offers Ron Barassi state funeral; thousands to rally in support of Indigenous voice

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews says he hopes Barassi’s family will accept offer

Mundine says it is important to recognise the past but “at the same time we have to move forward” and that if Indigenous Australians “do not move forward, then we are stuck in history.”

We’ve got to move and improve our lives and get things done, and if we don’t do that, then we are just in a trap, eye cycle, a Groundhog Day.

We need to be focusing on the ones who are struggling and in need of support.

The question isn’t about the ongoing trauma or neglect like that, but the question is how do we move forward? You cannot go on forever saying colonisation because it’s just fact, it has happened, is going to stop us from doing things, is going to stop us from improving our lives and keep us in -- keep us from poverty. If that’s the statement, then I think we are heading up the wrong track.

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