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Respect For Tasmania's First PeoplePolicies - The Tasmanian Greens support changing the date of Australia day, working towards Treaty, establishing Reconciliation... Cassy O'Connor MP - 1 Mar 2018 |
Turnbull Government Australia Day Bullying of CouncilsMedia Release - The Turnbull Government is trying to bully Tasmanian councils into bending to the conservatives' ideological will and refusal to respect the pain felt by the First People every 26 of January. Cassy O'Connor MP - 15 Aug 2017 |
Hodgman Should Follow Hobart City Council's Australia Day ExampleMedia Release - The Greens welcome Hobart City Council's decision to review their Australia Day celebrations and write to the Federal Government about changing the date. Cassy O'Connor MP - 4 Apr 2017 |
Abetz Comments on 26 January Disrespectful and DivisiveMedia Release - Liberal Senator Eric Abetz does not appear to be able to help himself, using disrespectful and divisive language to put the case for maintaining 26 January as our national day. Cassy O'Connor MP - 25 Jan 2017 |
Tasmania Needs Reconciliation DayParliamentary Activity - That the House:—(1) Congratulates the ACT Government on its decision to hold Australia's first public holiday that recognises the Nation’s First People.(2) Notes that Reconciliation Day will be trialled in 2017, and will then replace... Cassy O'Connor MP - 25 Aug 2016 |
Australia Day No Celebration for Tasmania's First PeopleMedia Release - Each year, on the 26th of January, Australia is a nation divided by its history. While many Tasmanians celebrate with pride, our First People feel only the pain of a country taken at the point of a gun. Cassy O'Connor MP - 26 Jan 2016 |