Truth and Treaty in Australia, with Aboriginal Senator Lidia Thorpe

Following the defeat of a 2023 referendum on an Indigenous advisory body to Australia's parliament, our latest issue scrutinizes the ongoing denial of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereignty. In this episode, guest editor Zoe Holman talks about how she commissioned this Big Story and interviews Senator and Indigenous activist Lidia Thorpe about today's rallying call for Treaty.

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Read NI554: Indigenous Sovereignty in Australia

Hosts: Maxine Betteridge-Moes, Zoe Holman

Credits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Producer, Digital Editor), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-Editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial Assistant), Samuel Rafanell-Williams (Sound Design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design)

Guest: Zoe Holman, Senator Lidia Thorpe

00:00 Help Rewire the World

2:46 Issue highlights and why you should care

9:45 Interview with Senator Lidia Thorpe

10:10 Why work in politics?

12:40 Sovereignty

14:05 The First Nations justice debate explained

17:12 How would a Treaty help in policy terms?

21:14 Confronting King Charles

25:38 The importance of international solidarity

Further Reading from this Episode:

This is not your land (Zoe Holman, New Internationalist)

Truth-telling in the Stolen Country (Zoe Holman, New Internationalist)

Rise from this grave (Tony Birch, Overland)

The last path forward to Treaty (Daniel James, 7am podcast)

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