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Marcia Langton: ‘Whatever the outcome, reconciliation is dead’
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https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/indigenous-affairs/2023/10/14/marcia-langton-whatever-the-outcome-reconciliation-dead#mtr

"As the late Patrick Wolfe phrased it, “settler colonizers come to stay: invasion is a structure not an event.” Settler colonialism as a “structure not an event” captures the idea that settler colonial invasion of Indigenous lands should not be contained as a phenomenon of the past, but rather is continually reproduced throughout the history and present of settler societies..."
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-politics/article/abs/review-essay-on-settler-colonialism/E861A62A56088716F22C34C77C01F5C9

Australians reject Indigenous recognition via Voice to Parliament, referendum set for defeat
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/voters-reject-indigeneous-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974522

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