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Sophia Markham Speech for NSW state final
The Armidale Express
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6/27/2024
Sophia Markham is heading to Sydney to compete in the NSW plain english competition. Video Heath Forsyth
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be optimistic enough right now to see an Australia where culture, pride and harmony can exist
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simultaneously without compromise or sacrifice. That's why I believe that now more than ever has
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been chosen as a theme for Reconciliation Week in 2024. Perhaps it was because 9.5 million Australians
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couldn't quite grasp the institutional challenges faced by First Nations Australians.
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Perhaps it was chosen after Mental Health Hotline 13 Yarn saw 108% increase in callers during the
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referendum period. But in my heart I hope it's for all the Koori 12 year olds sitting in a classroom
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just like this being told the word Aboriginal is all that can define them. So with this in mind
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we know that reconciliation is important now more than ever. But why at this point in time?
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We've come a long way since the 1967 referendum. We've ended six decades of the forced removal of
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First Nations youth and we're slowly gaining land rights. But I can't help but consider
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Steve Green's Racism is Destroying the Australian Dream. For me the concept of the Australian Dream
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was previously only thrown around as an exhibitionist turn by media sources
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and it was the first time I've been forced to consider what the Australian Dream meant to me.
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