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Shortly after protests began in the United States in late May 2020 seeking justice for George Floyd, an African-American who was murdered during an arrest by Minneapolis police, people in Australia protested to show solidarity with Americans and the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as to demonstrate against issues with police brutality and institutional racism, racism in Australia, and ...
[8] [9] Her song "Our Lives Matter", released in June 2020, [10] became the unofficial anthem for the Black Lives Matter movement in Australia. [5] She has collaborated with DOBBY ("I Can't Breathe" [1]) and Electric Fields, and has performed at the Sydney Opera House, [7] Enmore Theatre in Sydney and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne. [1]
The Black Peoples Union (BPU) is an Australian based revolutionary, Indigenous political organisation founded in 2022. According to former [ 1 ] president, Kieran Stewart-Assheton, the organisation is "working towards building a pan-Aboriginal movement in Australia, so that we can fight for our self determination and our sovereignty".
The Black Lives Matter movement in Australia sought emphasis on acknowledging the colonial history of Australia, however, by changing "Australia Day" to "Invasion Day" in recognition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were massacred when the European settlement was established in Australia on January 26, 1788. [221]
This is a narrative with little space for non-Indigenous black Australians". Guantai goes on to highlight some differences in the experience of the various groups - Indigenous Australians, immigrants from Africa, the black descendants of settlers, and black people who arrive from other white-majority countries such as the UK or the US. [22]
This matter, along with Aboriginal deaths in custody, was highlighted at the Black Lives Matter rallies around Australia in June 2020. The new Closing The Gap plan proposes that each state and territory would commit to reducing the level of Indigenous youth in detention by 11% to 19%, and to reduce adult imprisonment by 5%.
Kevin Buzzacott (1946 – 29 November 2023), often referred to as Uncle Kev, was an Aboriginal Australian rights campaigner and elder of the Arabunna nation in northern South Australia. He campaigned widely for cultural recognition, justice, and land rights for Aboriginal people .
In 2020 a memorial plaque to Mulrinji was erected by Palm Island Aboriginal Council outside the police station on Palm Island, reading: [85] In memory of Mulrinji / whose life was tragically taken on 19th November 2004. / We also acknowledge all those who lost their lives in custody across Australia. / Now at peace / #blacklivesmatter#