Mel Williams and Anna Power on the Vikki Campion Show - 1 August 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Mel Williams is a Midwife and lactation expert. Mel is trying to raise enough money for a mother and cancer sufferer to feed a newborn breastmilk. Funds are also required for the family. Mel will explain donor banking. 

 

GUEST OVERVIEW: Anna Power as part of a working group has tried to put questions to all levels of Government and been blocked.

 Residents claim a deal to hand over '95 per cent of their town' to an Indigenous body is 'treaty' by stealth as they begin a petition to oppose the move. 

The Queensland Labour Government (QLG) by way of the Queensland Resources Department(QRD), the Goondiwindi Regional Council (GRC) and Bigambul Aboriginal Corporation (BAC) have been in discussions for the past 5 years. These discussions have resulted in 95% of Toobeah being given to the BAC as aboriginal freehold this includes the Toobeah common, Toobeah dump, Toobeah rodeo ground, Toobeah Hall reserve and access to all recreational areas as well as future prospects of town sewerage, portable water supply etc. These discussions have all been confidential and have not included any community consultation. It appears this is the first effort of the QLD Labour Government to push through treaty legislation which prior to the voice referendum was supported by both sides of politics in QLD. It took 70% of QLD voting no to division by race to make the QLD Liberal/National party (LNP) change their position and withdraw support for treaty.