00:00Invasion Day activists are often painted with a broad brush, but while reasons for protesting
00:10Australia Day can be diverse, there's a unified message across the board.
00:15We're still here and we demand for a better future and justice for our people.
00:23Protesting black deaths in custody, rising sea levels, mining, high levels of child removals
00:29and what they see as a concerning global trend.
00:32This has happened worldwide for First Nations people.
00:36Maori academic Jo Camira will use her guest speaker slot at Sydney's Invasion Day protest
00:41to highlight what she calls an international theme of the withdrawal of Indigenous rights.
00:48Academics say the last year has seen an upsurge in policies that are denying Indigenous rights
00:53and silencing truth-telling.
00:55The adult crime, adult time legislation that's been introduced into Queensland, those changes
01:01will overwhelmingly affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.
01:06The Queensland government told the ABC Queenslanders voted for the plan the government took to
01:11the election and it's focusing on Indigenous home ownership, health and education.
01:17Discussions high on the agenda at rallies across the country this Sunday.
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