Occupying the Uniting Church in Western Australia

[@boop7313]

worthy as and good to see!!!

[@jacquelinewilson2279]

Love, love, love this channel. Sister Kate's was a shocking institution.

[@hahanicedude]

Awesome work.

[@Jules2468]

Great stuff.

[@banksiasong]

Sister Kates? Ex-magistrate Sue Gordon may help. She was a former Sister Kate’s kid, and helped make it into a social welfare organisation to support Noongar people, inc. former SK kids.

[@boop7313]

Oh wow! Good call i bet she'd want to help too!

[@markbrisbane8662]

Pretty shocked RAHU decided to push ahead with this action. BKI was set up by the First Nations controlled part of the UCA which is the same body who are moving to sell the land (UAICC). What does self-determination mean if you’d prefer the broader church to dispossess UAICC of this land for the benefit of a program? Can you not see the unbelievable irony of calling on the government to aid in this? This isn’t the fight you think it is, and is a source of deep pain for First Nations people on both sides of it. Please reconsider this push - “Land Back” (but not like that) is such a discrediting choice for RAHU WA’s first action.

[@LlywellynOBrien]

I don't know anything about this story and am very much an outsider but from some quick reading it seems a lot more complex than "the Uniting Church is kicking out an Indigenous service" makes it sound.

[@hahanicedude]

Omw after work.

[@heatherporter5158]

Go you good things

[@MalleeMate]

I would not be surprised about private security, it’s got precedent, but what a wild society we’re living in that that is a normalized thing. On ya Kate

[@Holdmypocketlol]

I have no idea why I got recommended this but it’s hilarious. People are so self-important and think they’re contributing to solving problems that aren’t even present.

[@SerinCloudeye]

What problems are you referring to don't exist?

[@jarrodboon7421]

An insight into a bizarre world of entitlement.

[@stephent2243]

Sit in on the government and ask for some of the billions they misplace each year through their supported organisations - I agree this seems like a worthy cause. Private property rights are the most important we have though.

[@jamesrowlands8971]

You don't even know what that means.

[@stephent2243]

@ hahaha you know me well

[@FredPilcher]

So continuing to do what they've always done, then,

[@ripme6616]

Lots of letters Lots ot colone

[@nathanielacton3768]

So, this is legally owned and recognized land and the plan is to trespass. Your altruistic 'reasons' are what you will be able to use when you are a defendant in court. The laws here are very clear. I think that it's odd that how you young people behave. You are fighting against things like private ownership, yet private ownership is exactly what is causing you to have a place to live, private ownership is what causes you to have food to eat. I assume none of you have a job to afford this lifestyle and none of you have ownership over anything yourselves given your lack of 'anything to lose'. I have seen many generations of people come and go like you guys. Maybe an interesting thing to consider is "Where did the people go that came before us?" I can tell you what happened to the counter culturalists from my cohort... They were a group of Marxists railing against big faceless companies etc, etc... you know the type. so, they wore counter culture goth, of course, and got tatoos, took a lot of drugs... and eventually somewhere in the mid 20's their parents would no longer support them, so they all moved off in to a rental, pooled their dole and paid the bills. But this really ercked them. They were supporting the very private ownership that they railed against. So they treated the place like crap gave a finger to the landlord when in came in with he agency and were evicted... then they tried this sit in crap, and of course ended up in court. The court was pretty efficient with it all. In the end as far as I'm aware now, years later they all have job and homes. I was the 'hacker' and ended up being the only one who was normal as I left first. I still think capitalism is wrong and create perverse incentives... but it's systemically more stable than the alternatives. Best of luck and remember the people that support you do so from a position in society is counter to yours. You hate private ownership... but many of you would not like to see you parents homes get invaded by squatters. IN the end these years that seem so 'meaningful' won't be remembered as your best.

[@SublimeStim]

thanks for passing the news on! grate work!

[@pauljones6328]

You do realise how many billions of dollars are given to the aboriginal foundations yearly yes? Corruption is the problem much like in Africa.you should follow the money through freedom of information and see how much of a papertrail is actually available vs hidden. The whole system is rorted. Maybe ask why the money isnt invested and why so many fingers un the pie.

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

That's ignoring the problem here. The church is evicting them despite them still paying rent.

[@DavidBamber-m8j]

@@ConstantlyDamaged You can't force someone to rent to you. If you have a lease agreement thats different but if you don't you have no legs to stand on.

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

​@@DavidBamber-m8j Actually, you have legs to stand on. The person evicting needs a reason... is what I'd say in Victoria. Just looked up the rules for WA, and they are $*#$ed up. I'm not a property lawyer, but I hope they can get this sorted.

[@LlywellynOBrien]

Your comment is both irrelevant and misinformed. Relatively speaking, not that much money is given to indigenous led organisations. Even in this area of service delivery most money goes to non-indigenous led organisations (many of which do great work).

[@elmar001]

I'm no fan of the Uniting Church of Australia but at the end of the day its their land and they get to decide what to do with it. Perhaps the housing can go to less privileged people as Aboriginal people in Australia can access special taxpayer funded housing for them.

[@jacksonwinter5110]

At the end of the day it's not their land. It's stolen land, what on earth is anyone else's claim to it? They bought it off someone who stole it?

[@TzarLatok]

Oh well, since the government says they own it.....

[@elmar001]

@@jacksonwinter5110 Presumably you are typing that comment on "non-stolen" land? You have done extensive research into your DNA and the history of your ethnic makeup and settled on your *exact* ancestral homeland or ...... are you being a hypocrite here?

[@jacksonwinter5110]

@elmar001 wild that you want to deflect to discrediting me as if that makes the land being stolen from Indigenous people valid. Whether I am a hypocrite or not, that doesn't change it being stolen land.

[@managerialelitetoaster3456]

@@jacksonwinter5110 Well if you're Australian you should return to Europe. Since you're also occupying their land.

[@Archdog]

You’re the ones in the wrong trying to steal the land, get stuffed, what cope

[@jarrodboon7421]

Hold on... so you're saying that they have the right to use private property regardless of what the owner wants... because of their skin. Is that not the definition of racism?

[@outback109]

What is more traumatic is smelling Sadie from an image.

[@Ozlizardking]

Commies upset by religion. What a surprise.