Power First Nations Voices
First Nations people have cared for lands, waters, totems and their people for tens of thousands of years. But in just a couple of hundred, Colonial systems and it’s people have destroyed so much.
First Nations people have the knowledge and wisdom we need to get out of this mess. It’s time to give the power back to those who know best.
That’s why I am so excited to announce the Greens all Blak Senate ticket this election.
In solidarity,
Lidia Thorpe
Djabwurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara
Greens Senator for Victoria
Adam Frogley
Adam Frogley is a Taungurung (torn-a-rong) man, born and raisedon Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) country, approximately seventy kilometers north-east of Melbourne. Adam has worked in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs for over two decades, holding many different roles in the vocational, higher education and government sectors. Since July 2007, Adam has been employed as the National Director of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Team for the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). Adam wants to see free education, particularly higher education and is passionate about ensuring a carbon neutral future, justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and providing safe and secure employment.
Sissy Austin
Sissy Austin is a Gunditjmara, Keerray Wurrung, Peek Wurrung, Djab Wurrung woman and a community advocate for grassroots change. Sissy has worked in the family violence sector for the last 4 years and has long experience in being a kinship carer (seven years). Sissy is a strong advocate for children and families within the child protection system. Sissy also has a history of advocacy, campaigning, community organising and navigating the intensity of Aboriginal politics and she is consistently advocating for self-determination to be the driving principle in all that she does. Sissy believes strongly in the power of our voices and stories creating grassroots change in our communities.
Zeb Payne
Zeb Payne is a proud young Wiradjuri nonbinary person, and a member of the Young Greens and the Blak Greens. Zeb is committed to participating in the Greens and helping to make it a vibrant party rooted in First Nations understanding and respect for the intersectional values of all the peoples who would call this country home.
