2020

1. 6 June

   Triggered by the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in the United States, tens of thousands of people join Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests across Australia to protest the deaths of Aboriginal people in police custody.

2. 8 June

   Actor and Wongutha-Yamatji man Meyne Wyatt delivers a powerful monologue from his play City of Gold to close ABC's Q+A special on racism in Australia that goes viral on social media.

2024

1. 21 October

   Lidia Thorpe, a Djab-Wurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjmara woman and an independent senator from Victoria, heckles King Charles, who is on a five-day visit to Australia with Queen Camilla. She approaches the stage at Parliament House yelling “This is not your country! You committed genocide against our people. Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us – our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people! You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty. We want a treaty in this country. You are a genocidalist." Security officers had to escort her back to the foyer. She kept shouting "This is not your land. You are not my king. You are not our king. Fuck the colony!" ^[1] The incident makes global headlines.

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