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Makarrata is a Yolngu word "describing a process of conflict resolution, peacemaking and justice", [23] or "a coming together after a struggle". It originally referred to a ritualised ceremony of "revenge", dispute resolution, and "peace-making" in which members of an aggrieved clan throw spears at a wrongdoer until blood is drawn.
a "Makarrata Commission" to supervise a process of agreement-making between governments and First Nations and undertake a public truth-telling process (Truth) about Australia's history. The final report released on 30 June 2017 by the Referendum Council was largely supportive of the Uluru Statement.
The nature of the makarrata being such that it was a treaty between an Indigenous state and the Australian state, served to catalyse a period of Indigenous separatism. [12] Independent Indigenous activists extended the original conception of the makarrata and explored the character and nature of Indigenous sovereignty. [3]
The reforms sought are a constitutional amendment to provide for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, a Makarrata Commission to engage in agreement making between governments and First Nations, and a truth-telling process. [48] The Albanese Government held an unsuccessful referendum to establish the Voice to Parliament on 14 October 2023. [49]
The Makarrata Project is the twelfth studio album by Australian band Midnight Oil, released on 30 October 2020 by Sony Music Australia.The album is the first new material from the band since 2002's Capricornia, their first studio album to hit #1 on the ARIA Charts since 1990's Blue Sky Mining, [2] and one of the final releases to feature bassist and backing vocalist Bones Hillman before his ...
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The statement calls for a "First Nations Voice" in the Australian Constitution and a "Makarrata Commission" to supervise a process of "agreement-making" and "truth-telling" between government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. [221]
Racism in Australia comprises negative attitudes and views on race or ethnicity which are held by various people and groups in Australia, and have been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices and actions (including violence) at various times in the history of Australia against racial or ethnic groups.