It took the brutal deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people in the United States for Australia to pay attention to what was occurring in our own backyard.

#BlackLivesMatter

This is accountability, but it won’t bring him back.

Our thoughts are with the family and loved ones of George Floyd, and all families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones.

#BlackLivesMatter

Last week marked #RCIADIC30Years. The Royal Commission was meant to put an end to Black deaths in custody but the Commission’s findings are still gathering dust.

#BlackLivesMatter
#StopAboriginalDeathsinCustody

474+ of our people have died in police custody or prison cells since.

NOT ONE officer or organisation has yet been held criminally liable.

#RCIADIC30Years
#BlackLivesMatter
#StopAboriginalDeathsinCustody

We must continue these conversations.

We must platform the voices of families left behind.

We must call on Australian Governments to act immediately to end these ongoing injustices for our people.

#RCIADIC30Years
#BlackLivesMatter
#StopAboriginalDeathsinCustody

If #BlackLivesMatter is going to be a pivotal moment in our history, we need to go beyond the empty gestures of the past.

We have seen Australia’s history of slavery and stolen wages, and the deaths of our people in police or prison custody brought to the forefront of the #BlackLivesMatter discussion.

We have been told by politicians, bureaucrats, and other decision-makers to wait, that change and progress takes time.

How much more time do we have to wait? How many more of our people will lose their lives?

#BlackLivesMatter

We express our continuing, staunch solidarity with the global #BlackLivesMatter movement.

The legacy of every single person who had died in custody must be honoured by ending this injustice for good.

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.