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Casual reminder that if you're going into Indigenous affairs with the mentality of a saviour, or that those you want to help will fall on their knees or sing songs about your deeds, it's probably not the right job for you.

You know the mindset or daydream where you are the noble colonial saviour of the ignorant savage Indigenous populations.

Of course, it probably looks and feels different to powdered wigs and swords and pistols on your hip while riding a white horse as the Indigenous populations offer treasures and themselves to you in thanks.

It probably presents as being extremely passionate. Unfortunately, this is the toxic kind of passion not the useful kind.

Perhaps you've gone to remote communities and seen everything that needs to change without actually talking to the communities about what they need.

(Self-centric rather than community-centric).

Perhaps you think you know what the issue is and what's best for them. Maybe you're right, most likely you're just being incredibly ignorant and displaying extreme self confidence.

(And yay for that, but also time and place).

Perhaps when you go to consult on policy or programs, your consultation process isn't conducted properly (including trying to hold meetings during sorry business, or not making efforts to actually meet with the community), or even abusing your position of authority without even realising you're doing it.

(See also gratuitous concurrence)

Perhaps it's even being so proud to work in Indigenous affairs, so proud that your whole/a significant part of your career has been in this space but you've never spoken to an Indigenous person outside of your team.

Perhaps you are just chasing that high of being helpful (See also Angel of Death/Mercy in nursing) and think that Indigenous affairs is the easiest way to meet your addiction.

If you've ever felt like this, if you currently feel like this, may I suggest you take a step back and really think about whether this is the right career path for you. Because whether you're in public service, charitable organisations, or the private sector, the work you do in this space directly impacts on people's lives, their physical and mental health, and perhaps most importantly, their perception of how they'll be treated by the next organisation.

#Indigenous #colonial saviour mindset #actual impact #on actual human beings #you know #I once heard people ask how to make stats on infant mortality in Indigenous Australians palatable to the public #Indigenous affairs has a super toxic side

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Went for an amble through the botanical gardens today here's some of the photos I took.

#flowertotower #australia #blue sky #nature #botanical gardens #kookaburra #magpies #i have a criminally low amount of magpie photos #especially as they're my favourite bird #black mountain

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When you say "Lock it in, Eddie" to your non-Australian friends and they are confused. 'Who is Eddie?' 'What are we locking in?' 'Speak English!!!!!'

#Australia #confusing non-Australians #lock it in eddie #they keep expecting me to speak English #Australian as a dialect

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Menzies actually trolled his own party members

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Player: I am going to be a paragon of virtue.

Player: constantly rolls dark side force points.

Player: spends them...

Player: accepts their fate and relishes the dark side.

Player: starts rolling light side force points.

#swrpg #my players are monsters #hey we're gonna leave the murder bot in charge #everyone is dead #surprise bounty courtesy of the Empire #player: oh... we actually did all of that #yes you did #he's got a possessed crystal now #the captain is done #hang on #why am I the voice of reason here? #you two were Jedi #light side #dark side had perks #like backup and good pay

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Visiting dad now that borders are open, and his (my) cat isn't allowed on the bed, so she's found a compromise...

#cats #she was mine #then she met dad #dad didnt like cats #he likes her #she's a menace #but she's cute #also ignore the towel #smoke from K'gari is making my everything hurt

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Not a bad idea. I know what my next random oneshot is going to be based around.

Creating your own character is so passe, instead everyone just opens up Kinder Eggs. Whatever toy you get is your new PC! For a bonus enemy encounters are designed the same way.

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There is so much to love about this

yeah

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The 1967 referendum was not about equality, it was to allow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to be counted in the census.

This had other benefits, including that they were now counted for purposes such as natural disaster death tolls.

#1967 Australian Referendum #it took a referendum to count people in death tolls #aboriginal australia #this made me sad #it hit me at work when I found a death notice for a cyclone #300 seamen and unknown aboriginees #always was always will be #australia

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Stranger: So how did you two end up together?

[Flashback]

Sokka, sprinting into the throne room: hey if we got married would I get diplomatic immunity?

Zuko: Sokka what did you do

Sokka: wedding first, questions later

Zuko, getting up: okay.

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I would like to introduce everyone to my work buddies: Disembodied Groot. Old Man Emu. Ferrero-rocherasaur and Lavendar-asaur. They are the cutest and make my colleagues smile.

#yes that's a bowl of chips. I accidentally started a snack shack. #work life #desk buddies #old man emu #not my starter #but they're adorable

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Am I the only one who still thinks about the fact that Titans Bruce just shoved all of his mentor responsibilities onto Dick? Like hey, Dick, I heard you were taking in tiger boy and goth girl, you mind parenting Jason too while I fuck off somewhere? 

Then Dick had to go save Jason from Slade while nearly getting himself killed in the process. Plus he had to talk Jason down from jumping off a damn building while also dealing with his own mental health issues and it’s like ??? 

The kids aren’t alright, Bruce. Where were you? 

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you know how dick has almost died via animal attacks multiple times? i’d like to think he used to watch videos of steve irwin wrestling crocodiles. bc come on now, steve irwin was awesome, and jumping crocs would’ve been fascinating to a kid like dick who also worked around dangerous animals. 

so tackling a lion? not a big deal for him. headbutting a giant squid? not a big deal for him. using some kinda water propelling shoes to escape being eaten by a killer whale? not a big deal for him. 

fighting killer croc? kinda stressful. but he gets to say shit like “crikey, aint he a beauty?” in a very on point aussie accent, so like, he’ll do it again if he has to. 

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I LOVE TITMOUSE’S ANIMATION SO MUCH.  AND I LOVE OBI-WAN KENOBI SO MUCH. LOOK AT HOW UNIMPRESSED OBI-WAN IS WITH HAN’S BRAGGING. LOOK HOW ADORABLE AND SWEET LUKE IS. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT?? I LOVE THAT HAN IS LIKE, “YEAH, I FLEW THROUGH A REALLY COOL SHORTCUT.  AND I’VE OUTRUN AN IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYER.  THAT IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH FOR YOU, OLD MAN?” MEANWHILE, OBI-WAN KENOBI, FORMER HIGH JEDI GENERAL OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, IS LIKE “THE DAY I ONLY HAD TO OUTRUN ONE SHIP WAS PRACTICALLY A VACATION.  P.S. I COMMANDED LIKE THREE REPUBLIC CRUISERS, WHICH WERE PROTO-STAR DESTROYERS, YOU SNOT-NOSED LITTLE SHIT.” MEANWHILE LUKE’S JUST LIKE “WE’RE GOING TO ALDERAAN, I’M GOING TO SEE A CUTE GIRL, AND BECOME A JEDI.  :D  EVERYTHING IS GREAT.  :D  I’M GOING TO HAVE PURPOSE TO MY LIFE AGAIN AFTER MY FAMILY WAS MURDERED AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.  :D  NOTHING WILL EVER GO WRONG AGAIN.  :D”

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Typical meowth behaviour.

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Director: *ambles over to my desk* all we can do is worry and panic.

Me: I'll schedule 10 mins a day in our calendars. [To worry and panic]

Director: thank you. *ambles back to his desk*

#worklife #deadlines #two snarky introverts on a team of two #this report will be the end of us #no seriously #we go back to our parent agencies when the report is finished

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Not sure if Hagrid or Mulch.

#disney #artemis fowl