RiseUp

Response to the Referendum Council's so-called modest and substantive recommendation of a referendum to have an advisory-only 'Indigenous Voice' in parliament. $800 million plus has now gone down the gurgler, but then this is what happens when a government meets resistance, a resistance that has been going since 1770. It must be an enormous disappointment for the Turnbull government and Shorten's expectations that Leibler and his First Nations cohorts have failed miserably to deliver the goods, that is to assimilate First Nations Peoples in to the colonial constitution. Turnbull is clearly aware of a looming 'heroic failure'. [node:read-more:link]

The Videos from The RiseUp Gathering begin with feedback from attendees experience as elected delegates and observers at the fatally flawed Referendum Council National Convention at Ayers Rock Resort near Uluru, NT.

Recorded at Aboriginal Embassy on 24 and 25 June 2017 during First Nations Rise Up gathering. [node:read-more:link]

MEDIA ALERT National Rally
First Nations say NO CONSENT to constitutional ‘recognition’
10.30am Thursday 22 June 2017 - New Parliament House, Canberra - Speeches from key First Nations speakers contesting PM&C’s Referendum Council’s fatally flawed processes attempting to manufacture ‘consent’ for constitutional ‘recognition’ [node:read-more:link]

#RiseUp Rally & Workshop Agenda
Thursday to Sunday 22 & 25 June 2017

The RiseUp gathering at the Aboriginal Embassy in Canberra will include:
RiseUp Rally at New Parliament House Thursday 22 June
RiseUp Workshop at Aboriginal Embassy Tent 24 & 25 June
Friday's Agenda to be decided [node:read-more:link]

URGENT NATIONAL CALL
22 - 25 June 2017
Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra
First Nations Peoples say NO CONSENT to constitutional 'Recognition'. - Four days of actions and pathways forward. - This is a National Call to Action for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to oppose the Australian government's agenda of Genocide. [node:read-more:link]