Here is Daniel's statement: If the treasurer is correct, his proposal would affect just . has not always been so. People put their lives on hold, as everyone did in all of our campaignspeople like Leon Pun; Di Ford, Cheryl Han, Rheuben Freelander, Louay Moustafa, Kalista Kaval, Mark Buttigieg and his wonderful wife, Kirsten Andrews, Ross Bennett and the ever present Maria Pasten, Mitch Wilson, Irene Macbeth and the others. I dont think I stopped long enough to think about the impact (of winning the seat), she says but thats exactly what happened. Education is not a silver bullet but it is the closest thing we have for dealing with our social ills. wonderful wife, Kirsten Andrews, Ross Bennett and the ever present Maria Pasten, Mitch Wilson, Fred spent his life serving in the Air Force and served in To the great members of the Australian Labor Party: your devotion to our cause, to social justice The. profound, a gesture that made us all better people. One of the bravest statements I ever heard was in the opening ceremony of the 1997 Reconciliation Convention in Melbourne. Ngadu bang marang Ngadhu Ngu-nha winhanga nha nulabang nguwandang. Many of you were here. Despite Australia having had a female prime minister Julia Gillard, between 2010 and 2013 Burney says shes still the only woman in many forums. Linda Burney was congratulated by colleagues after her speech The first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's lower house of parliament has promised to bring the "fighting spirit of her. If you are able to contribute even $1.00/month to keep the site running, please click the Patreon button below. Wearing a kangaroo-skin cloak that detailed her personal story, Labor MP Linda Burney marked her admission to Parliament with a song in her native language. Symbolism is important. Settlement or invasion is a matter of perspectiveof whether you were on the shore or on the boats in the middle of the bay. Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Canterbury, 2003. There are other state MPs whose support has been invaluable. and, of course, Shaoquette Moselmane and the people Shaoquette works with so closely in the He is the source of both our physical and moral landscape. These are Labor values, and ones I will be proud to carry into this place. I carry into this chamber this cloak, this cloak was made by my Wiradjuri sister Lynette Riley, Burney said in her speech. She says it was their example that made her the woman she is today. But I will tell you that story of truth-telling and generosity in a moment. thanks only to the role models who guided me and allowed me to come into this place, resting on Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney has foreshadowed the government will overhaul outdated laws governing how to hold . That creek is now known as Poisoned Waterhole Creek, and their with ancestries stretching back roughly 75,000 years. Linda Jean Burney (born 25 April 1957) is an Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives in the Australian Federal Parliament, and the Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services and for Preventing Family Violence. David Kennedy (ALP, Bendigo, Vic.) It talks of the deep affection you have for those people. It feels like it was just yesterday. I can tell them that it is hurtful. We all have fantastic stories from election day, but let me share one with the House. Those are just some of the stories; there are so many more. Orwell Burney Garner THE Craft OF Writing Analysis AND Complete Textssd, Analysis of George Orwells The Sporting Spirit, two nations. This cloak tells my story; it charts my life. Burney flags overhaul of referendum laws before Voice vote. In 2010 I returned to the little town I grew up in. 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When I Because of the significance, I carry into this chamber this cloak. He even goes to the extent of saying "If you, wanted to add to the vast fund of ill-will existing in the world at this moment, you could hardly do it, better than by a series of football matches between Jews and Arabs, Germans and Czechs, Indians, and British, Russians and Poles, and Italians and Jugoslavs, each match to be watched by a mixed. It charts my life. Well, my story speaks for itself. Four months later over 1,00 Wiradjuri were dead by sanctioned murder. If this is true, it is possible thanks only to the role models who guided me and allowed me to come into this place, resting on their shoulders. many people here today in the galleries in this chamber it is not alien. Ms BURNEY (Barton) (16:17): It was in this chamber I experienced one of the most remarkable moments of my life. Strait Islander flags. This cloak tells my story. This photo of European settlers surrounded by Aboriginals is believed to be the earliest photograph taken in Australia. From Campsie to Kyeemagh and from Beverley Hills to Brighton, this electorate could not be a more shining example of what our modern Australia looks like. All Rights Reserved. I have tried to do my best but I cannot mention everyone. a coolamon in here today. during the second Wiradjuri wars, one horror saw all but one young boy slaughtered when To those trusted friendsyou know who you aremany of you have travelled from interstate to be here, including Charmaine and Rhonda. The latest Linda Burney news, articles, data, and analysis from The Sydney Morning Herald In 1927 a Wiradjuri man named Jimmy Clements, or Nangar, and his friend John Noble walked for a week over the mountains to Canberra from Brungle Missionthat mission is where my father comes from. The public will vote on a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice to parliament as early as August, with Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney revealing the federal government will . perspectiveof whether you were on the shore or on the boats in the middle of the bay. People have decried what they see as a lack of sincerity and a lack of good faith in our political conversation. I have been in public life for some time, but I have to admit that with the frenetic pace of a local campaign I did not contemplate the response that the election of the first Aboriginal woman to the House of Representatives would get. Massacre sites are dotted all over my lands. Many of them are in the gallery today. I was 10 years old before the 1967 referendum fixed that." Dedicated to social justice and Indigenous rights, Linda was one of the first Aboriginal students to graduate from Mitchell College, now . I remember just feeling so ashamed and so confused, There was a photograph of me and my four cousins who were all very blonde and blue eyed and then I was dark with very dark brown eyes and I remember looking at that photograph as a small child and thinking that I was very different to my cousins.. Finally, as the words rang out across this chamber, across this land and around the world, For this we are sorry, the country cried and began to breathe again. It is called WhittonI am a freshwater kid from the Riverina. Burney says it wasnt until she was four years old that she began to realize how different she was from her family. gallery, thank you so much for rallying and being here today, led, of course, by the queen, Anne I gave a speech in Kuala Lumpur about . Ngadhu, yand yaman gid yal. They see it when some members of this parliament rally behind their right to hate speech but say nothing of the effect this will have on our most marginalised communities. The support and encouragement from my federal colleagues was remarkable throughout the She is still there today. You have stuck by me and held me up through the best and the worst of times. I was 10 years old before the 67 referendum fixed that. The new UC Davis hospital is expected to open for its first patients in 2023. Burney says: The momentum for the voice is just enormous. Strong rhetoric must According to him, nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. Aboriginals did not have the same rights as other Australians, and were treated as foreigners in their own land. And from the man in the schoolyard at the anniversarywell, heres to you mate. That creek is now known as Poisoned Waterhole Creek, and their sheltering place is called Murdering Island. Corals daughter Barbara is my oldest friend on earth, I had two sets of brothers and sistersmy mother married a man, a wonderful man, called Fred Stracke. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Optus and Medibank hacks exposed 'gaps': discussion paper 02:46 Daniel Hurst The Optus and Medibank incidents have exposed "gaps" in Australia's existing incident response functions, according to a discussion paper released this afternoon. I remember sitting in a classroom in what they called social studies and we were (told we were) going to study the exotic people of the world., I was an A-grade student, sitting in that class room as the only Aboriginal child, being taught that my ancestors were savages. clan. of the big kids when I was at schoolsaid to me, You know, Linda, the day you were born was many Aboriginal people. She was one of the first Aboriginal graduates of her university, one of the countrys first Aboriginal teachers, the first Aboriginal person to serve in the New South Wales Parliament, and the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. Discovery Company. Older. To the local Aboriginal community and leaders from many different organisations from Canberra and from further afield, whom I can see in the gallery, thank you so much for rallying and being here today, led, of course, by the queen, Anne Martin. country. Birrang a ngawaal. everyone else was about people, and that is why it was so successful. On Saturday I drove over that bridge and that creek. and Fran Reesthere are too many on the list to mention. On it is my clan totem, the goanna, and my personal seem to have been taken very seriously between Roman times and the nineteenth century. I want to see 50% of people within our parliament as women and a good proportion of Aboriginal people as part of that, too, she says. A government report found Aboriginal 15-year-olds are on average two years behind non-Indigenous children of the same age. There are people like Robin, Ron, Lewis, Kallista, Alice and many local leaders of organisations. She paid tribute to her late partner former politician Rick Farley, saying the world was a worse place without him. Linda Burney (ALP-Barton) - First Speech (Aug 31, 2016) "These lands are, always were and always will be Aboriginal land - sovereignty never ceded," she said, "If I can stand in this place,. I was raised by two very brave people who I spoke earlier of truth-telling. Linda Burney, continues a week of . the election of the first Aboriginal woman to the House of Representatives would get. There is no justification for the incarceration of children as young as 10, not when we know that getting kids to school and intervening early work so much more effectively and they are better economics. I enter this place as a representative of the people of Barton, a community I have been proud to live in for almost 20 years. Being in this chamber today feels a long way from that time. . They have poorer health, lower levels of education, higher infant mortality and suicide rates, as well as a significantly shorter life expectancy. It was the first sitting of the new Labor government, on 13 February 2008. First-half net profit totalled $369.8m - down from $433.7m in. 'But not everyone is so lucky. Lewis, Kallista, Alice and many local leaders of organisations. Anthony Albanese makes history: 'Unfortunate that I am the first',Over 12,000 people and 200 floats marched, walked and danced their way down a packed Oxford Street for the . They had four children, two brothers gone now, but my sister Kim is here today. The support and encouragement from my federal colleagues was remarkable throughout the campaign. It is the underpinning of small business in the Barton electorate by the people I refer to. So, Mr Speaker, why Labor? She won Barton with 47.75% of the primary vote and 58.30% of the two-party-preferred vote. Laing, Nina, and her brother Billy. Linda Burney gives maiden speech as first female Indigenous lower house MP Burney tells parliamentary colleagues: 'the Aboriginal part of my story is important, it is the core of who I am. Reducing the rate of juvenile incarceration must be a priority, because we cannot be satisfied that this is a fair country while so many of our young people, many of them Aboriginal, are locked up. It was in 2008 that the then-Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, delivered a historic apology in parliament to the Aboriginal people for the injustices that were suffered over two centuries of white colonization. The company today reported a fall in interim profit, but said the result represented solid growth that was above pre-pandemic levels. Linda Burney made history on Wednesday by becoming the first aboriginal woman to become a member of Australia's Parliament. are Labor values, and ones I will be proud to carry into this place. disappoint you. His name was Nonni Ingram, Lawrence Ingram, of the great Wiradjuri Ingram The campaign you ran with The story of invasion and conquest for the My campaign team was led by a young man I now call a friend, Ed McDougal. It is, bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing, violence: in other words, it is war minus the shooting. I am sorry if I missed somebodyyou can throw something at me later! The first Indigenous woman elected to the House of Representatives, Linda Burney, has slammed calls for the watering down of the Racial Discrimination Act during her maiden speech. But to all of you: your help, the early mornings Symbolism is important. Arabic community. However I say to my elders, that the last bit may not always apply in question time.. 13 February 2023. I stopped the car, I got out and my blood ran cold. I was raised by a boundary rider, a drover and a field hand, shaped by a combination of love and adversity, politically blooded in the Aboriginal rights movement, and embraced by the strength of Labor and the labour movement. They want to be heard and they want to be treated with respect and with empathy. So, what was that remarkable moment? It is dark and it is cold. made by my Wiradjuri sister, Lynette Riley, who will sing us into this place now. There are people like Robin, Ron, I have received countless letters, emails and calls, all heartfelt and generous, some ( ABC News: Adam Kennedy) The outline of the sulphur crested cockatoo was burned freehand into the kangaroo skin cloak worn by Ms Burney as she began the speech. She completed her primary education in Whitton New South Wales. We have a well-establish post-World War II Greek and European community, a thriving Arabic-speaking community, a rapidly-growing Nepalese community, a Macedonian community, an Indian communityyou name it. Many of them are in the gallery today. He feels that most of the games we now play are of ancient origin, but sport does not. My office and I are already preparing a public response should both teams play in the grand final next year. Each of you has Massacre sites are dotted all over my lands. our political conversation. Well, my story speaks for itself. I have wondered often had they not stepped up to raise me where my life would be now. To our leader, Bill Shorten, and to Tanya Plibersek: it has been difficult to put into neighbour, Jenny Macklin, my old friend, Jenny McAllister, for braving the Hurstville prepoll itself in the eye knowing that we have come of age. In fact, for my money there is only one division that counts for anything in our electorate. This mob behind me More information is available at the Patreon website. I loved them very much and experienced their passing and grief early in life. one of the darkest days this town has ever seen. I was so shocked I could not respond. I learnt to swim in irrigation During her First Speech to Parliament, Linda stated: . I remember (her) saying to me right in my face: You will never amount to anything and that had to do with my Aboriginality but also had to do with, of course, the prejudice of being born what they called the terrible term illegitimate back then., I just thought in my mind well I will prove you wrong. There are teams like Denis Loethers City Suns in Rockdale and Nicks Cooks River Titans. Never let anyone tell you that you are limited by anything. children. Four months later over 1,00 Wiradjuri were dead by sanctioned murder. Burney says one of her proudest achievements includes the role she played in the reconciliation movement in Australia. In Wiradjuri lore Biami is the creation spirit. The royal commission has been announced, but I suspect it will be difficult to restrict it to the Northern Territory. The first decade of my life was spent as a noncitizen. Friendships over ones whole life are rare things, indeed. The 10-point plan in the winding back of the native title debate was raging, and the chair of the council at that time is now Senator Patrick Dodson. the flags of the two first peoples of this nation. If there is a god of demography, it is one of his greatest ironies that the seat named after the architect of the White Australia policy has become one of the most multicultural in the country! And like all good local sporting clubs, of which there are many, they are not just something to barrack behind. drover and a field hand, shaped by a combination of love and adversity, politically blooded in the She completed her middle school education at Leeton High School. You have stuck by me and held me up through the best and the worst of times. Linda Burney, who will be the first Aboriginal woman to be Indigenous affairs minister, said Australia was ready to embrace the constitutional change required to create a First Nations body to advise parliament on Indigenous legislation and policies. But I will not be stereotyped and I will not be pigeon-holed.. Her Aboriginal background wasnt the only thing that made Burney unusual in politics. Cross), Principles of Environmental Science (William P. Cunningham; Mary Ann Cunningham), Forecasting, Time Series, and Regression (Richard T. O'Connell; Anne B. Koehler), Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing (Janice L. Hinkle; Kerry H. Cheever), Biological Science (Freeman Scott; Quillin Kim; Allison Lizabeth), Campbell Biology (Jane B. Reece; Lisa A. Urry; Michael L. Cain; Steven A. Wasserman; Peter V. Minorsky), Chemistry: The Central Science (Theodore E. Brown; H. Eugene H LeMay; Bruce E. Bursten; Catherine Murphy; Patrick Woodward), Give Me Liberty! This mob behind me knows what that is about. could see, but you certainly felt them. false false Insertion sort: Split the input into item 1 (which might not be the smallest) and all the rest of the list. When Burney was 10 years old, she says she was approached by a non-Aboriginal woman in her small town. They recognise that a governments job is to ensure services are provided, whether they are education, health care or social assistance. Strong rhetoric must be matched with strong action and leadership. As the speeches concluded, two women stood and handed the Prime Minister, Leader of the It is called WhittonI am a freshwater kid from the Riverina. Burney, 59, is the ALP member for Barton (NSW). Being in this chamber today feels a long way from that time. but perhaps we could think that once we get constitutional recognition we could add another two Linda Burney Member for Barton delivers her first speech pic.twitter.com/C8wZ5MWboR. I would like to think of the electorate today as a bit like that crowd. lives. Stracke. Ive always tried to conduct myself with decency, fairness and kindness, and that hasnt been easy. campaign. and I suspect considerable amounts of chemicals, which explains the constant boils and hives I I have received countless letters, emails and calls, all heartfelt and generous, some of which contained very flattering words about me as a role model. She has been serving as a member of the She was previously a member of the NSW Parliament, a minister in the last Labor government, and deputy leader of the Opposition between 2011 and 2016. We cannot sit on our hands in places like these hoping that it will be so. You see, Mr Speaker, despite being more than 50 years on, I was born at a time when a white woman having an Aboriginal baby was shockingand doubly so if that woman was not married. Much work of government is important but nothing more so than education. She also discovered she had 10 siblings she never knew existed who had grown up 40 minutes from where she had. I will say that I intend to bring the fighting Wiradjuri spirit into this place. We are better for our differences and we are richer for all the broader cultural experience that it affords us. Perhaps another great act of honesty and healing would be a permanent remembering of those frontier wars, just down the road at our national war memorial. Ngarind-ja. Education students in the mainstream classroom, including, when appropriate, social-skills instruction. Linda Burney has rejected as "rubbish" suggestions that Labor has not released enough detail about the Indigenous voice to parliament, as the Liberals continue to call for a free vote in the. In an unprecedented move, Burney asked a woman from her tribe to sing a traditional Aboriginal welcome before Burney made her maiden speech to parliament. expectation. thrilled you are here, Kim; it means a lot. The story of invasion and conquest for the Wiradjuri is a brutal one. But. John Robertson and our future Premier, Luke FoleyI say thank you. of institutional child sexual abuse deserve a better redress scheme . They were joined by all surviving prime ministers bar one. She says she remembers that moment like it was yesterday. In truth, I come to this place not only through my own labour. Linda Burney says more needs to be done to close the gap. Linda Burney (ALP, Barton, NSW) was the first female Indigenous Australian elected to the House of Representatives on 2 July 2016. I am sorry if I missed somebodyyou can throw something at me later! Today, in this chamber, I make those same promises again to the people of Barton, to my party, to my colleagues in this place and to the people of Australia. things: it is about reciprocity; it is about restitution; and it is about truth telling. Because of the significance, I carry into this chamber this cloak. sitting in this place, but I do know that our country is a poorer place for having lost you. stopped the car, I got out and my blood ran cold. totem, the white cockatooa messenger bird and very noisy. The usual rules of the Lower House were relaxed to allow Wiradjuri woman Lynette Riley to sing the Labor MP into the house from the public gallery. Now to some final reflections and thankyous. land, and I know that we do. To the state party leaders and premiers I have had the pleasure of serving withBob On it is my clan totem, the goanna, and my personal totem, the white cockatooa messenger bird and very noisy. Recursively sort the rest of the list, then insert the one left-over item where it belongs in the list, like adding a . I mention respectfully the traditional owners of the seat of Bartonthree clans of the Eora, the Bidjigal, the Gweagal and the Badigal, custodians of the land from the Cooks River to the shores of Brighton-Le-Sands and out to the Georges River. Linda's experiences in early life became a catalyst for where she is today, leading her to advocate for education and social justice. Burney has been part of the effort in fighting for equal representation in Australian politics. and, trust me, that is braving a prepolland to the many people who called, like Stephen Jones 2. 'That someone with my history can stand in this place is the most unlikely thing,' says Linda Burney, the minister for Indigenous Australians. 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But if you have not been mentioned as a Each of you has been a gift and I hope my love for you in return has been the same. To the branch members of Barton: what an amazing There is no justification It is defining; it sets out what has made you, what you believe in and what you stand for. I am one person. Examples for analysis include anaphora, logos, the use of . A man a little older than meI guess he would have been one of the big kids when I was at schoolsaid to me, You know, Linda, the day you were born was one of the darkest days this town has ever seen. I was so shocked I could not respond. Members, in this term of parliament all I want is to be able to stand in this place knowing that the I was in that gallery just up there. having an Aboriginal baby was shockingand doubly so if that woman was not married. 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This isn't ancient history I loved them very much and experienced their passing and grief early in life. The cloak showed Burneys clan totem, the goanna, and her personal totem, the white cockatoo, which she said was very noisy.