Rapper Provocalz has dedicated a song to Australia's Liberal and Labor parties on his new album - but it won't be music to their ears.
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"Land rights is a load of crap," says Kaylah Truth. They are not the kind of words you'd expect to hear from a radical, politically-savvy Indigenous rapper. But Truth, of militant Murri hip-hop group Impossible Odds, says she has learnt from bitter experience to pursue sovereignty instead.
Elders and activists from the Nyoongar Tent EmbassyΒ in Perth took to the streets on October 18 in a march to state parliament in defiance of Premier Colin Barnett's attempts to do away with native title.
Traffic was stopped as theΒ crowd of 50 people took over St George's Terrace in Perth's CBDΒ and made itsΒ way to parliament.
The protest delivered a petition putting the Barnett government and the South West Land and Sea Council (SWLSC)Β βon noticeβ because they are illegitimate bodies to make policy decisions affecting local Aboriginal people.
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