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The day before I wrote this—on Oct. 14—Australia went to the polls. Whether at the primary school a few blocks from my Melbourne home, 10,000 miles away via postal ballot, or the one Antarctic polling place at the far reaches of the earth, Australian citizens across the globe cast their ballots.
Yvonne Weldon was elected as City of Sydney's first Aboriginal Councillor in 2021. She's pushing for coloniser statues to be reviewed.
A group of unnamed Aboriginal leaders ended their 'week of silence' on Sunday evening.
In the wake of the open letter from Indigenous leaders breaking the week-long vow of silence after the defeat, details have emerged of the No campaign's own message to supporters.
'Council had the audacity to vote to support something where our residents didn't.'