If you’re unaware who he is, Thomas Mayo is an extraordinary man.
Based in Darwin, he’s Thomas Mayo is a Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal,
Erubamle Torres Strait Islander man.
He is the Assistant National Secretary of the MUA, the Chairperson of the Northern Territory Indigenous Labor Network and a director on the Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition board and is a signatory of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and has been a leading advocate since its inception in May 2017.
I’m so grateful he came around, and I hope that if you need to you can share this episode or indeed last Friday’s episode with people in your life.
I don’t know about you - but this is going to need more than me writing “yes” in a box.
This is going to need gentle, generous conversations with people, every day if needed.
I hope you get a lot out of this.
00:00 Intro
01:30 Interview start
02:07 Acknowledgements of Country
05:49 Other Countries' Indigenous Recognition
07:47 Indigenous Incarceration & Disadvantage
16:36 Listening when making laws for Indigenous People
22:10 The No Campaign & Disinformation
28:53 Solidarity
32:45 Gurindji Warlpiri Wave Hill Walk-Off
40:55 Shame and Emotional Resistance
45:31 How to Persuade Reluctant People
49:56 Consequences of No
52:21 Consquences of Yes
57:03 Amendments - What If We Need To Change It?
1:03:41 What kind of country do we want to live in?
1:06:40 Uluru Statement from the Heart