ANALYSIS: There is a world between Canberra and Australia's First Nations. Can politics speak in our language?
Anthony Albanese issues an emotional plea for Australians to support an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Words matter. And when we reach for the words of politics we can't help but fall short. Already there is compromise. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander are coloniser's terms. We were not Aboriginal until white people called us Aboriginal. That's my father's gift. He has fought for our language to stay alive. He helped write the first dictionary of our language. He set up language teaching centres across our country in schools and jails and universities.We have a saying Wiray Ngiyang, Wiray Mayinyi. No language, no people. Because of him and our precious old people who have fought for us, we are a people.But Australia still does not know us. Australians are still learning our names.
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