It is disingenuous for politicians to be shocked when people decide to turn words into action, even in the predawn hush of Anzac Day * Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign * Polls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverage * Anywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guide * Listen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina * Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcast Most days during the election campaign, millions of my fellow Sydneysiders and I commute past a big cartoon-yellow billboard for Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots, whose platform declares that “we don’t need to be welcomed to our own country”. I cycle through a range of emotions while stuck in traffic: despair, anger and finally fatigue. As a Yuwaalaraay woman, I don’t need to be welcomed to my own country; my elders welcome visitors in an act of generosity and respect that is centuries old. This is all so familiar: another election campaign where punching down on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for attention and votes is the default setting. Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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