Thomas H. Mayor

Oct 13, 2023 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Thomas H. Mayor |Thomas Mayo

By Thomas Mayor October 14, 2023 — 4.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Last month, Fred Chaney and I were campaigning in the west when he gave me some profound advice. “It’s a good rule to not take too much notice of what politicians say during an election campaign, or a campaign about a referendum,” the former deputy leader of the federal Liberal Party said.

Oct 13, 2023 | smh.com.au | Thomas H. Mayor |Thomas Mayo

In travelling much of the country, I've been shocked to learn how few Australians are aware of what the gap is. They don't know the life-expectancy for Indigenous Australians is around 10 years less than for the non-Indigenous people or that in some remote communities the gap can be as great as 20 years. As the Uluru Statement from the Heart says: "Proportionately we are the most incarcerated people on the planet. We are not an innately criminal people.

Oct 13, 2023 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Thomas H. Mayor |Thomas Mayo

By Thomas Mayor October 14, 2023 — 4.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Last month, Fred Chaney and I were campaigning in the west when he gave me some profound advice. “It’s a good rule to not take too much notice of what politicians say during an election campaign, or a campaign about a referendum,” the former deputy leader of the federal Liberal Party said.