First Nations people react online to stunning Federal Election results

Mob have had plenty to say on the back of a poll that has seen numerous Coalition big hitters lose their seats and a rise of the Greens and Independents.

Outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison concedes defeat in the 2022 Federal Election, at the Federal Liberal Reception at The Fullerton Hotel, Sydney

Source: AAP

With Labor seizing government from the Coalition, there's been plenty of reaction in the online space.

From Scott Morrison's concession to Anthony Albanese's pledge to implement the Uluru Statement to begin his victory speech, First Nations people from across the country are having their say.

Lawyer and social justice advocate Vanessa Turnbull Roberts said despite the result "there is such a long way to go" and emphasised what has been a central theme of the political dialogue in recent times.

"In short - don't dismiss women or survivors who's voices prevail," she wrote.
Gamilaroi Astronomer Karlie Alinta Noon responded to the comments from the Prime Minister-elect that Labor would implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full.

"Not all of us feel the same," she wrote.

"Some of us don't want to be included in the constitution. To legally force us into this is continuing the ongoing refusal of our sovereignty."
The peak Aboriginal corporation for NSW children and families, AbSec, congratulated Wiradjuri woman and Member for Barton Linda Burney, who is set to become the first Aboriginal woman to serve as Federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister.
Arrernte woman and Greens candidate Celeste Liddle, who polled second behind Labor's Ged Kearney in the Melbourne seat of Cooper, was also active, responding to the news that the federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg was set to lose the neighboring seat of Kooyong.

"Yeah, bye Josh," she wrote.

Ms Liddle also congratulated colleague Lidia Thorpe who will be heading back to the Senate.

"Sovereignty, Solidarity, Sisterhood - this senator lives these values," she wrote.
Nyamal psychologist Dr Tracy Westerman said she was "in happy tears" after the result.

"We will finally have incredible, strong Aboriginal representatives in our Parliament & a leader who not only believes in sharing space but sharing power," she said.
Also in WA, Greens Senator Dorinda Cox said it was the honour of her life to be elected to represent the people.
Yorta Yorta rapper Briggs got straight to the point.
Gamilaroi man and Sydney Morning Herald Indigenous Affairs reporter Cameron Gooley nodded to the fact that the Coalition's only Aboriginal MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt, was sent packing, with a massive swing to Labor's Tania Lawrence.

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Published 22 May 2022 3:53pm
Updated 22 May 2022 4:00pm
By Alexis Moran, Jodan Perry
Source: NITV


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