Pay The Rent Grassroots Collective

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

Donate to help keep Gary Foley’s important digital archive of Indigenous history going

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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.”
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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 ...

Gumatj people victorious over Commonwealth in historic land rights claim
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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 ...

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

Archie traced his family tree back 65,000 years. It won him the world's oldest art prize The Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist is the first Australian to win the Venice Biennale and the Golden Lion.

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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?

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.

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.

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50 years of NAIDOC: Passing torches and honouring our Elders The 2025 NAIDOC week theme 'The Next Generation: Strength, Vision, & Legacy', will celebrate achievements of Elders and elevate new voices.

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YouTube video by Institute for Collaborative Race Research Shared fight: Blackfulla-Palestinian solidarity

"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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More than 3,000 Aboriginal children in Victoria sought specialist homelessness services in 2023-24 Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has revealed one in five Aboriginal Victorians accessed the specialist homelessness services in the 2023-24 reporting period, nearly 15 times the rate of non-Aboriginal clients. In the 2023-24 period, 3,156 Aboriginal children in Victoria accessed specialist homelessness services, which accounted for 13% of all children seeking support. Darren Smith, chair of the Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Forum and CEO of Aboriginal Housing Victoria (AHV) said: Homelessness was an unknown concept before colonisation, yet today it is an entrenched reality for Aboriginal people in Victoria. These are not just numbers; they represent families, children, and Elders denied the fundamental right to a home. For too long, housing has been seen as a “commodity” rather than essential infrastructure; a foundational basis that provides safety, promotes participation, and sustains connections to community. It is time to turn around decades of underinvestment in our community.

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.

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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.

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.
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This is such an important listen. Thank you to Daniel and everyone involved.

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

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...

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 ...

‘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’

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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Save Lee Point and Prosecute DHA Larrakia leaders, ecological experts, environmental organisations and the broader community are now urgently calling for DHA to be investigated, prosecuted and for their approval to be revoked under t...

Do your job, @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social.

Uphold the law! www.ecnt.org.au/save_lee_poi...

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...

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

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. 💜

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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

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.
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"This will be your Treaty" — Rueben Berg Speech — First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria Thank you Premier for participating in the gift exchange. All the Assembly Members and I were up in Shepparton last week and we met with Timmy Church, a proud Gunditjmara man of the Kerrupmara clan an...

"Treaty is about better lives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria." Read Rueben Berg's speech at the ceremonial opening of Treaty negotiations with the Victorian Government. www.firstpeoplesvic.org/news/this-wi...

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 ...

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...

Pay The Rent | Saying Sorry Isn't Enough We live, work and play on land that was forcibly taken from Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people. On this stolen land, systems & institutions have been built that are structured to exclude and oppress.

If you're a new follower, Paying the Rent is about non-Indigenous people honouring the Sovereignty of Aboriginal people; it is a somewhat more just way of living on this stolen land. We are a First Nations governed collective that funds grassroots First Nations causes & campaigns. paytherent.net.au

This is scorching and should be top of the reading pile for every journo, pollie or well-meaning whitefella. Grateful to Amy McQuire and UQP for the things I learned - and also grateful for the sections that singed my skin.

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 ...

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...