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Prof. em. Dr. Neil Mancktelow - EGT egt-schweiz.ch/prof-dr-neil-m… Hello Neil Julie Chenery here . Thought I’d look you and Margie up. I have no idea if this will reach you but hope you and family are doing well.

This statement on the failure of the Voice Referendum is dignified, powerful, moving and horrific in its implications. We agree with every word. We ask all followers of MFW to read and absorb every sentence, particularly Points 7, 8 and 9 which specifically discuss the mainstream media’s role in the amplification and legitimisation of the NO vote. These 3 paragraphs are incredibly illuminating in that they rightly place the failure of the referendum squarely at the feet of the same people MFW’s mission is to expose, fight and reform: the media. Not just social media and not just bad-faith actors like LNP-aligned commentators, but the ENTIRE mainstream media who all amplified lies; gave liars unfair airtime and column inches; and have refused to this day to even acknowledge their own part in the failure (in fact, they’re STILL lying). And that they did this purely for profit, the appreciation of their own mates, and/or their own self-promotion and self-enrichment makes their actions even worse. They prosper via the pain and hurt of people their own company mission statements (let alone their own consciences) should cause them to champion. It’s unconscionable and barbarous. We wonder how any of them will deal honestly with the information clearly set out in this letter or if they will (as expected) continue to minimise their role and lie about how this debacle occurred. We wonder whether the untruths they’re still communicating about Dutton and other bad faith haters (who couldn’t have achieved anything without the eager and even rabid re-telling of their lies by those who had huge reach and microphones) will continue in the face of this exposure of their bastardry. If there’s anything positive for witches to take from this sad document, it’s that we are a collective whose main activity for the past seven years has been to fight media hate and lies, particularly where those lies involve oppressed people. In fact, we’re the main organisation in this country undertaking this work, and by far the most successful. This vindicates the importance of our work; makes us proud of our work despite the hate and lies we ourselves constantly attract; and makes us more determined to work even harder to combat the terrible destruction and pain wreaked every day by almost every Australian media organisation in this country. The harder they defend themselves and use the pages and airwaves they own to deny the truth, we know it, and so do all witches. The media failed Indigenous people and it failed all of us. As this letter says, Australia is a smaller, meaner, dirtier and sadder place now than it was before October 14th, and the reasons for that are crystal clear. For these reasons and others, we all have to work harder. We have to continue to fight the lies and reform an industry that will not and cannot reform itself. And that’s just what we intend to do. To the brave people who wrote the statement below: thank you. Your courage and truth-telling after the blow you’ve endured is remarkable, admirable and humbling. We’re still so sorry about the result and will do our best to cause that pain to inspire and energise us so that one day in future when Australia is again asked to stand up for the rights of others they might do so on the basis of truth and justice, not ignorance and deception. And that’s a witchy fucking promise. #ToYourBrooms #PunchDownProfit

@VernVerass Thank you for this tweet. Please help us as the almost 40% to keep informed so we can remain your allies and be supportive and not get in your way!

…Our work continues as it has always done. We will continue to fight to seek justice for our peoples. We are three per cent of the population, and you are ninety seven per cent.

22 October 2023 To the Prime Minister and every Member of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Commonwealth Parliament This is an open letter which will be circulated to the Australian public and media…

The kind of limited thinking as expressed below, I have read in plenty of naysayers. As if a group has to speak for everyone - they’ll just have an opportunity to speak for themselves! Not everyone around the country wants or needs the same thing no matter what culture we’re from

Every day as an Aboriginal woman I stand up to critical challenge. Generations before me fought too hard for recognition; for equality for me not to. But I’m seeing a lot of ppl attack me for finding critical fault with the words of Jacinta Price. You can’t platform “race doesn’t matter” and “we are all equal” & agree with that principle and then throw the “race card” out when your argument lacks foundation in fact. You can’t have it both ways.

@MichaelWestBiz This reads like a fair approach !

Why is the govt subsidising holiday house landlords during a rentals crisis? Tim Evans' letter to Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan #auspol michaelwest.com.au/airbnb-tax-ror…

The Voice came directly from Indigenous communities and more than 80% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people support it. #yes23

Don’t be fooled by Peter Dutton: If you don’t know, find out. The AEC folder, delivered to all voters, explains how it works. They’ve been here for 60k years, we turned up about 300 years ago. It’s time to LISTEN to them Vote Yes

No it doesn’t. It’s such a disgraceful trauma narrative reserved just for Aboriginal ppl. That if we understand the unique causal pathways to the justice system; suicides: poor health outcome that this somehow increases trauma. We are always “less worthy victims” we are always told to snap out of trauma as if the burden of the trauma represents a personal weakness. Having trauma doesn’t prevent ppl from being “functional” but denying it ensures it’s impacts are compounded & not the focus of trauma informed interventions. If we are truly about prevention then denying trauma & it’s impacts will never get us there

@luciemorrismarr I’m glad you made it past the abuse. I was tempted to answer a naysayer who was pushing the no details line, telling them to go find out how government works, but then it dawned on me they don’t want real details ! Hope you’re ok

So I did a tweet about the Voice and I got so much disturbing, personal abuse I have now deleted it. It was the most vile, horrendous torrent from No voters and I don’t need it. #auspol

@news_australian He’s an excuse for an excuse.

@ShitFuckery1 Of course he has

@ShitFuckery1 Peter Dutton is happy at the current situation, where about 2000 paid lobbyists (many ex- politicians) roam the halls of parliament, advocating for their employer, but he is horrified at the idea of a small committee of indigenous people doing the same.

Wars last 5-10 yrs & then end. People’s lives are no longer at risk, and they are able to rebuild and find normality again. The actions that were taken against Aboriginal people occurred consistently over nearly 150 years, with generation after generation, born into situations where their lives were risk. Tens of thousands of people murdered in massacres , forced off their lands, stopped from speaking their language & practicing culture, enslaved & forced to work hard labor jobs, over 100,000 children stolen from their family (1 in 3 removed over a 100 yr period) with the children physically and sexually abused by Priests & Nuns, denied basic human rights & freedom, massively impacted by disease they had no immunity to causing misery, suffering & the death of tens of thousands more…… The federal gov health department national guidelines for trauma, which are considered global press, practice state that in order for someone to begin to recover from trauma, exposure to what cause the trauma must cease: For Aboriginal people there has beeb nowhere they could go & not exposed in someway for over 150 years. There was no where they were not at risk in someway for 150 years. When we think about the trauma that is caused by a war that last 5 or 10 years - extrapolate that out to 150 years and the impact is catastrophic….. And keep in mind, we are not talking about ancient history or people who are no longer with us. The policy on forcibly removing children only ended in the 1970s It is estimated there are still 30,000 people alive today who were stolen from their families, horrifically abused in missions, and then pushed out into a world where they were actively discriminated against, and where they had no basic human rights… all alone - and there was no support whatsoever for the trauma they had suffered…. I know some of these people, and when you sit and listen to what happened to them, you are not thinking about the fact they’re aboriginal, you are hearing the anguish and pain of another human being who has been through things you cannot even imagine ….. After people returned from wars or arrived here as refugees, they were given support and access to resources to rebuild their lives - Aboriginal ppl had none of this ….. *** Aboriginal people suffer high levels of trauma and dysfunction because they were exposed to life-threatening violence and abuse and persecution for a significantly longer period of time - 30 X times longer than those exposed to war.

@TracyWesterman @JudithT25581431 @PJ_Burner @antsyturbo Yes Tracy. I have been a grateful recipient of the welcoming generosity of First Nations people who have been happy to educate me. So humbling. If only the naysayers could park their prejudices and actually see what’s on offer! Here’s to a YES.

@JudithT25581431 @PJ_Burner @antsyturbo Thank you 🙏 but it is truly an honour to be invited into any community & I’ve a lifetime of stories from tragedy to hope that are just inspiring. The most incredible ppl who humble you everyday with their grace & gratitude x

Jacinta Price claiming "there is no ongoing negative impacts of colonialism". So, as a psychologist, and scientistic and an Aboriginal one at that; I thought I would just cut and paste some scientific data; as much as I would like to take her word for it. Menzies, K. (2019). Understanding the Australian Aboriginal experience of collective, historical and intergenerational trauma. International Social Work, 62(6), 1522–1534. doi.org/10.1177/002087… Oakley LD, Kuo W, Kowalkowski JA, Park W. Meta-Analysis of Cultural Influences in Trauma Exposure and PTSD Prevalence Rates. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 2021;32(4):412-424. doi:10.1177/1043659621993909 Smallwood R, Woods C, Power T, Usher K. Understanding the Impact of Historical Trauma Due to Colonization on the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Young Peoples: A Systematic Scoping Review. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 2021;32(1):59-68. doi:10.1177/1043659620935955 Westerman. T.G (2023). Submitted. Racism as Trauma in Aboriginal Australian Populations. Bryant-Davis, T., & Ocampo, C. (2005). Racist incident-based trauma. Counseling Psychologist, 33, 479-­500. Carter, R. T. (2007). Racism and Psychological and Emotional Injury: Recognizing and Assessing Race-Based Traumatic Stress. The Counseling Psychologist, 35(1), 13-105. Carter, R.T. & Forsyth, J.M. (2009). A Guide to the Forensic Assessment of Race-Based Traumatic Stress Reactions. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, 37, 28–40. Helms, J.E., Nicholas, G., & Green, C. E. (2012). Racism and Ethnoviolence as Trauma: Enhancing Professional and Research Training. Traumatology, 18, 65-74. Paradies Y., Ben J., Denson N., Elias A., Priest N., Pieterse A., Gupta A., Kelaher. M., Gee G. (2015). Racism as a determinant of health: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 10(9), e0138511. doi.org/10.1371/journa… Paradies, Yin (2013) Localities embracing and accepting diversity, in Unknown (ed.), CEIPS 2013 : Proceedings of the Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science 2013 research, policy, practice exchange program, p. 1, Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science, Melbourne, Pole, N., Gone, J., & Kulkarni (2008). Posttraumatic stress disorder among ethnoracial minorities in the United States. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 15(1), 35-61.

@TonyHWindsor It would be an outrage to miss this opportunity for recognition ! The world has so much to learn from First Nations in Australia.

The World is Watching…. A No vote will mean that Australians don’t want to recognise the oldest continuous cultural connection to a country in the world in their Constitution and that Australians don’t want to hear what they have to say on matters which concern their people.

Waiting outside Boots Inverness 8.37 for 8.30 opening. Sick partner Not happy Jan!

Excellent. theguardian.com/australia-news…