Pay The Rent Grassroots Collective
@paytherent.bsky.social
Pay The Rent is a First Nations led grassroots-to-grassroots initiative; it enables funds to be contributed by non-Indigenous individuals directly to grassroots causes & campaigns with a focus on protecting First Nations rights. https://paytherent.net.au
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Donate to help keep Gary Foley’s important digital archive of Indigenous history going
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Donate to Preserve & Update Kooriweb.org, organized by Koori web
Kooriweb.org is the world’s oldest Indigenous owned, created, coded and controlled website. I… Koori web needs your support for Preserve & Update Kooriweb.org
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March 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Donate to help keep Gary Foley’s important digital archive of Indigenous history going
www.gofundme.com/f/preserve-u...
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“Nationally in 2024, 44.5% of children aged 0–17 years old in out‑of‑home care were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander – an increase of 4.5 percentage points since 2019.”
www.pc.gov.au/closing-the-...
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Proportion of children in out-of-home care (0–17 years old) that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Closing the Gap supporting indicator: Out-of-home care (Driver). Socio-economic outcome area 12: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are not overrepresented in the child protection system.
www.pc.gov.au
March 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Nationally in 2024, 44.5% of children aged 0–17 years old in out‑of‑home care were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander – an increase of 4.5 percentage points since 2019.”
www.pc.gov.au/closing-the-...
www.pc.gov.au/closing-the-...
Gumatj people victorious over Commonwealth in historic land rights claim
nit.com.au/12-03-2025/1...
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Gumatj people victorious over Commonwealth in historic land rights claim
The Commonwealth has lost a High Court battle over whether it can be liable for up to $700 million in compensation for lost Native Title rights over a mining lease on Gumatj land.The case was brought ...
nit.com.au
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Gumatj people victorious over Commonwealth in historic land rights claim
nit.com.au/12-03-2025/1...
nit.com.au/12-03-2025/1...
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Now is a great time to clear your calendar and show up to the National Day of Action to Protect Trans Youth on Saturday 8th Feb! the Naarm action is at 10am outside the SLV. I will be there in my capacity as your local nonbinary goblin who wants to turn trans kids into trans adults.
National Day of Action to Protect Trans Youth called for Saturday 8th Feb
Trans Justice Project calls for a national day of action protecting trans youth following the Queensland government’s trans hormone therapy ban. Rallies are being planned around the country for next ...
qnews.com.au
January 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Now is a great time to clear your calendar and show up to the National Day of Action to Protect Trans Youth on Saturday 8th Feb! the Naarm action is at 10am outside the SLV. I will be there in my capacity as your local nonbinary goblin who wants to turn trans kids into trans adults.
What does it mean to contribute to Pay The Rent?
* it honours the Sovereignty of Aboriginal people
* a more just way of living on this stolen land
* transfers money on a grassroots to grassroots basis to support land justice and sovereignty campaigns
You can get involved today:
paytherent.net.au
* it honours the Sovereignty of Aboriginal people
* a more just way of living on this stolen land
* transfers money on a grassroots to grassroots basis to support land justice and sovereignty campaigns
You can get involved today:
paytherent.net.au
Pay The Rent | Saying Sorry Isn't Enough
paytherent.net.au
January 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
What does it mean to contribute to Pay The Rent?
* it honours the Sovereignty of Aboriginal people
* a more just way of living on this stolen land
* transfers money on a grassroots to grassroots basis to support land justice and sovereignty campaigns
You can get involved today:
paytherent.net.au
* it honours the Sovereignty of Aboriginal people
* a more just way of living on this stolen land
* transfers money on a grassroots to grassroots basis to support land justice and sovereignty campaigns
You can get involved today:
paytherent.net.au
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Many people will have seen the 1996 AIATSIS map - but do you know what it represents, and what it doesn't show. Most importantly is it still useful?
January 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Many people will have seen the 1996 AIATSIS map - but do you know what it represents, and what it doesn't show. Most importantly is it still useful?
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On the south-east coast of England lies the seaside town of Dover.
In November 1976, beneath the famous white cliffs and over ten thousand miles from home, Wiradjuri man Paul Coe and Bundjalung man Cecil Patten made history.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
In November 1976, beneath the famous white cliffs and over ten thousand miles from home, Wiradjuri man Paul Coe and Bundjalung man Cecil Patten made history.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
In 1976, two Aboriginal men claimed England. Their actions mocked the lie of terra nullius
Wiradjuri man, Paul Coe and Bundjalung man Cecil Patten, rowed ashore and were the first to plant the Aboriginal flag in England, claiming it for their people.
www.sbs.com.au
January 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
On the south-east coast of England lies the seaside town of Dover.
In November 1976, beneath the famous white cliffs and over ten thousand miles from home, Wiradjuri man Paul Coe and Bundjalung man Cecil Patten made history.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
In November 1976, beneath the famous white cliffs and over ten thousand miles from home, Wiradjuri man Paul Coe and Bundjalung man Cecil Patten made history.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
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"We wake in solidarity so that in the future we can wake in liberation." Beautiful short film on Blackfulla-Palestinian solidarity from the Institute for Collaborative Race Research. Take a minute to watch this and remember what we're rooting for.
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Shared fight: Blackfulla-Palestinian solidarity
YouTube video by Institute for Collaborative Race Research
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November 29, 2024 at 1:23 PM
"We wake in solidarity so that in the future we can wake in liberation." Beautiful short film on Blackfulla-Palestinian solidarity from the Institute for Collaborative Race Research. Take a minute to watch this and remember what we're rooting for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hFg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hFg...
Read all about the Treaty negotiations between the First Peoples’ Assembly and the Victorian Government that are going on now:
www.firstpeoplesvic.org/reports-reso...
www.firstpeoplesvic.org/reports-reso...
Statewide Treaty – Community Explainer — First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria
Treaty negotiations between the First Peoples’ Assembly and the Victorian Government are getting underway! This resource is to help explain the ideas and concepts we’re exploring and to encourage you ...
www.firstpeoplesvic.org
January 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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You can make a difference! If you are running an event, why not fundraise for Pay The Rent? Add a link to our website or include this image.
January 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
You can make a difference! If you are running an event, why not fundraise for Pay The Rent? Add a link to our website or include this image.
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Bloody hell
More than 3,000 Aboriginal children in Victoria sought specialist homelessness services in 2023-24
One in five Aboriginal Victorians accessed the specialist, nearly 15 times the rate of non-Aboriginal clients.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More than 3,000 Aboriginal children in Victoria sought specialist homelessness services in 2023-24
One in five Aboriginal Victorians accessed the specialist, nearly 15 times the rate of non-Aboriginal clients.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 11, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Bloody hell
More than 3,000 Aboriginal children in Victoria sought specialist homelessness services in 2023-24
One in five Aboriginal Victorians accessed the specialist, nearly 15 times the rate of non-Aboriginal clients.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More than 3,000 Aboriginal children in Victoria sought specialist homelessness services in 2023-24
One in five Aboriginal Victorians accessed the specialist, nearly 15 times the rate of non-Aboriginal clients.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A statue of Uncle Archie and Aunty Ruby has been erected in Atherton Gardens where Uncle Archie was reunited with his biological family for the first time, as did many Aboriginal survivors of the Stolen Generations.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Statues of music legends Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter unveiled at a Melbourne park
The statue is in Atherton Gardens, Fitzroy, known to many in Victoria's Aboriginal community as a gathering place and where members of the Stolen Generations reunited with their families.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2024 at 10:19 PM
A statue of Uncle Archie and Aunty Ruby has been erected in Atherton Gardens where Uncle Archie was reunited with his biological family for the first time, as did many Aboriginal survivors of the Stolen Generations.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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This is such an important listen. Thank you to Daniel and everyone involved.
All three episodes of This Is Alice Springs can be found here. We put in a tremendous amount of work to ensure we treated the stories people gave us up there with the respect they deserve. It’s a sad story, but one that needs to be told. I hope you can listen. 7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/thi...
This is Alice Springs: Children of the Intervention
From afar, Alice Springs is a whirlpool of myth and truth. A town with competing interests and few solutions, marked by chaos and decades of government overreach.
In this first episode of our three p...
7ampodcast.com.au
November 29, 2024 at 1:56 AM
This is such an important listen. Thank you to Daniel and everyone involved.
Bundjalung writer Melissa Lucashenko’s amazing run of literary prizes for her latest novel Edenglassie continues,with the Mark and Evette Moran Nib prize. She has given away has given away a substantial amount of her prize money. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
Melissa Lucashenko reveals she is giving away her prize money after winning another $40,000
Author of sweeping historical novel Edenglassie continues run of wins with Mark and Evette Moran Nib award
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November 29, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Bundjalung writer Melissa Lucashenko’s amazing run of literary prizes for her latest novel Edenglassie continues,with the Mark and Evette Moran Nib prize. She has given away has given away a substantial amount of her prize money. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
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If you are into gift giving during the holiday season, why not choose something that will make a difference and contribute to Pay The Rent? Be part of grassroots support for First Nations communities and causes. Here's a poster with QR code to use ...
November 26, 2024 at 1:07 AM
If you are into gift giving during the holiday season, why not choose something that will make a difference and contribute to Pay The Rent? Be part of grassroots support for First Nations communities and causes. Here's a poster with QR code to use ...
As the inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death resumes, a lawyer for the Northern Territory police has said that it is “absolutely undeniable” that Zachary Rolfe is a racist.
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‘Absolutely undeniable’ Zachary Rolfe is racist, Kumanjayi Walker inquest told
NT police lawyer Ian Freckelton KC tells inquest into death of 19-year-old it is ‘important to call it as it is’
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November 28, 2024 at 5:28 AM
As the inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death resumes, a lawyer for the Northern Territory police has said that it is “absolutely undeniable” that Zachary Rolfe is a racist.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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If you are into gift giving during the holiday season, why not choose something that will make a difference and contribute to Pay The Rent? Be part of grassroots support for First Nations communities and causes. Here's a poster with QR code to use ...
November 26, 2024 at 1:07 AM
If you are into gift giving during the holiday season, why not choose something that will make a difference and contribute to Pay The Rent? Be part of grassroots support for First Nations communities and causes. Here's a poster with QR code to use ...
"That the deaths of Aboriginal women in the NT does not evoke the same reaction [as non-Aboriginal women interstate] is indicative of systemic racism in the way their voices go unheard" www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
November 25, 2024 at 11:54 AM
"That the deaths of Aboriginal women in the NT does not evoke the same reaction [as non-Aboriginal women interstate] is indicative of systemic racism in the way their voices go unheard" www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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This is my granddaughter and her baby boy Keidy. They have lost everything except the pyjamas they were wearing. I know times are touch so any help, no matter how small will be genuinely appreciated. 💜
gofund.me/a99623aa
gofund.me/a99623aa
Donate to Help Jaydo & Keidy get back on their feet, organized by Kameisha Riley
Hi my name is kameisha , im asking for any funds you have to help my bestfrie… Kameisha Riley needs your support for Help Jaydo & Keidy get back on their feet
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November 25, 2024 at 10:23 AM
This is my granddaughter and her baby boy Keidy. They have lost everything except the pyjamas they were wearing. I know times are touch so any help, no matter how small will be genuinely appreciated. 💜
gofund.me/a99623aa
gofund.me/a99623aa
Since 2000, 81 women in the NT have died as a result of domestic violence, 93% of them Aboriginal. Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) calls on the Territory government to implement election promise plan to tackle the crisis.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘This is our horror’: the grim stories driving the Northern Territory’s reckoning with domestic violence
Since 2000, 81 women in the NT have died as a result of domestic violence, 93% of them Aboriginal – a landmark inquiry is looking at what went wrong
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Since 2000, 81 women in the NT have died as a result of domestic violence, 93% of them Aboriginal. Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) calls on the Territory government to implement election promise plan to tackle the crisis.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...