Saturday 1 October 2022 03:09 PM Queen's death: The Project airs segment of Indigenous Australians slamming ... trends now

Saturday 1 October 2022 03:09 PM Queen's death: The Project airs segment of Indigenous Australians slamming ... trends now
Saturday 1 October 2022 03:09 PM Queen's death: The Project airs segment of Indigenous Australians slamming ... trends now

Saturday 1 October 2022 03:09 PM Queen's death: The Project airs segment of Indigenous Australians slamming ... trends now

A segment that aired on The Project featuring heavy criticism from Indigenous Australians to the reaction to the Queen's death has sparked fierce debate.

The ten-minute segment, that aired on Friday night, was led by Indigenous advocate Ben Abbatangelo, who opened with: 'There's a lot of things about the Queen's death that doesn't sit well with Blackfellas'.

Queen Elizabeth II's death at the age of 96 on September 9 made headlines around the world, and was vastly covered in Australian media.

Mr Abbatangelo said the large amount of 'positive' media coverage and footage of people 'swooning' over 'old mate Queen Lizzie' was 'no surprise'.

'It is history once again being written to the hymn of whiteness,' he said. 

The ten-minute segment, that aired on The Project on Friday night, was led by Indigenous advocate Ben Abbatangelo, who opened with: 'There's a lot of things about the Queen's death that doesn't sit well with Blackfellas'

The ten-minute segment, that aired on The Project on Friday night, was led by Indigenous advocate Ben Abbatangelo, who opened with: 'There's a lot of things about the Queen's death that doesn't sit well with Blackfellas'

Mr Abbatangelo, a Gunaikurnai and Wotjobaluk writer, said the 'fact missing from the fiction' is that the Queen and the monarchy 'represent a system of colonialism, a practice that has crippled generations of First Nations peoples'.

The segment then turned to the reporter sitting down with Indigenous leaders Meriki Onus and Celeste Liddle to get their insight into how the Queen's death impacted them and the broader Indigenous community. 

'As an Aboriginal person living in the colony, it was more obvious that we're living in a completely different reality to everybody else here,' Ms Onus said.

'This fanfare that they have for this person who's so far removed from our reality - it's weird and it's really strange to watch. 

'I do find it a bit insulting that people who I thought were more understanding turn into monarchists out of nowhere.'

The segment then turned to the reporter sitting down with Indigenous leaders Meriki Onus (left) and Celeste Liddle (centre) to get their insight into how the Queen's death impacted them and the broader Indigenous community.

The segment then turned to the reporter sitting down with Indigenous leaders Meriki Onus (left) and Celeste Liddle (centre) to get their insight into how the Queen's death impacted them and the broader Indigenous community. 

Ms Liddle suggested the public backlash for anyone speaking out about the Queen or the monarchy had ramped up since Her Majesty's death.

'The minute that you say anything, you're drowned out will calls of ''she did so much'',' Ms Liddle said. 

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