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Aboriginal protestors rally in Brisbane against priorities of G20 summit

G20: Indigenous protesters rally in Brisbane CBD ahead of leaders’ summit, ABC News 10 Nov 14 By Louisa Rebgetz About 100 people gathered in Brisbane ahead of the G20 leaders’ summit to protest against the treatment of Indigenous Australians. The group converged on Roma Street in the CBD this morning, with many draped in Aboriginal flags and holding placards.

The protesters said the world needed to know the Stolen Generations was continuing, with 14,000 Indigenous children living in out-of-home care in Australia.

Many had travelled from across Australia to take part in the protest.

About 20 unarmed, plain-clothed police officers wearing blue hats monitored the group from the streets, while a police helicopter hovered above.

The group marched through the city escorted by police, with the rally ending at Musgrave Park at South Brisbane.

………….”We’re also here in solidarity with other Indigenous groups around the world, particularly in North America, who are suffering from very, very high rates of child removal by welfare agencies, just as Aboriginal people here in Australia are suffering.

“It very much seems to go along with the neo-liberal form of government that’s been pushed by G20 – they won’t fund the social services people need to look after their families and communities, but they will fund the punitive agencies that will go in and rip children away.” – Paddy Gibson, a senior researcher with the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-10/indigenous-protesters-rally-in-brisbanes-cbd-for-g20/5879308

November 12, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News