Faith in action
National Reconciliation Week 2024
Join us as together we pursue ‘Reconciliation Through the Cross’ by humbling ourselves, laying down our defences, and daring to take up our cross as we imitate Christ’s sacrificial love.
Read moreIn 1988 at the Barunga Festival Prime Minister Bob Hawke was presented with two paintings and text calling for Indigenous rights.
Background
In 1988 at the Barunga Festival, an annual community sporting and cultural event, the then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, who was attending the Festival, was presented with two paintings and text calling for Indigenous rights. This has become known as the Barunga Statement.
Barunga Statement presented to Prime Minister Bob Hawke in 1988
We, the Indigenous owners and occupiers of Australia, call on the Australian Government and people to recognise our rights:
We call on the Commonwealth to pass laws providing:
We call on the Australian Government to support Aborigines in the development of an international declaration of principles for Indigenous rights, leading to an international covenant.
And we call on the Commonwealth Parliament to negotiate with us a Treaty recognising our prior ownership, continued occupation and sovereignty and affirming our human rights and freedom.
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Join us as together we pursue ‘Reconciliation Through the Cross’ by humbling ourselves, laying down our defences, and daring to take up our cross as we imitate Christ’s sacrificial love.
Read moreRight now children as young as 10 are being arrested, charged, and imprisoned in Australia. Join us as we call on our nations leaders to #RaiseTheAge of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years of age.
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