WEBVTT - Wisdom, Protocols, and the Path to Clean Energy

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<v Speaker 1>Black Cast nine our Voices. Welcome to the Black Magic

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<v Speaker 1>Woman Podcast with Mandanara Bail. I'm here on Kubbycobby Country

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<v Speaker 1>and I've just run into one of my uncles and

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<v Speaker 1>I actually saw him on Garner Country about two years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was two years ago, could have been

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<v Speaker 1>a year ago. And we're at the airport and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not telling you any more about this yarn, but Uncle John,

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<v Speaker 1>it was so good to see you as I walked

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<v Speaker 1>in to the Sunshine Coast Convention Center here at the

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<v Speaker 1>first Nation's Clean Energy Network summit with all these different

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<v Speaker 1>mob and You're the first one that I got to see.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just want to say thank you for taking

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<v Speaker 1>time out to jump on this pod and have a

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<v Speaker 1>yarn with me for my listeners, but also viewers now

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<v Speaker 1>on YouTube. Thank you for joining us as well. Got

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<v Speaker 1>a few more subscribers, which is deadly. Tell us a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit about just what We'll start with your name

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<v Speaker 1>and who's your mob, and maybe a little bit about

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<v Speaker 1>where you grew up.

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<v Speaker 2>What am Mollie Mantadara. As I said this morning, you

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<v Speaker 2>just turn up. There's this universal alignment that occurs in

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<v Speaker 2>each of our lives, and you my girl, you're turning

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<v Speaker 2>up this morning was a blessing and a reminder, a

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<v Speaker 2>reminder of this meeting that we're having here, this gathering

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<v Speaker 2>on Gubby Cubby Country. I thank them for their hosting

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<v Speaker 2>and creating this culturally safe environment for this powerful conversation

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<v Speaker 2>about First Nation's clean energy. Myself saltwater connections born on

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<v Speaker 2>Palm Island in the late fifties lined up for rations,

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<v Speaker 2>which I thought was wonderful of the missionaries, but I

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<v Speaker 2>found out it was all stolen wages. So that's these

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<v Speaker 2>life experiences that give you a glow and then they

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<v Speaker 2>take away that and put a little tinge to it.

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<v Speaker 2>Grandfather Country, Saltwater country there, Nuagi people ill Nowagi family

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<v Speaker 2>members out that way. Yeah, we've got a lot to

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<v Speaker 2>play and talk about in this space. Grandfather Country, then

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<v Speaker 2>Nawagi people around Ingham, Grandmother's Country, Mummel people up around Indusvale.

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<v Speaker 2>So that saltwater connection. But then I flow with my

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<v Speaker 2>movement in being shifted off the dormitory out to western Queensland.

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<v Speaker 2>Bidgital cattercattering, gathering bull people. So all your desert uplands

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<v Speaker 2>follows out that way. Black soil follows Yep, we've got

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<v Speaker 2>big business to do out there, and we're doing as

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<v Speaker 2>well too, but we've got to do a proper way integrity,

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<v Speaker 2>cultural integrity and doing business proper and in becoming those

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<v Speaker 2>honorable ancestors, which I've always been reminded of of the

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<v Speaker 2>Watson's coming into that Watson family through nine AUPAT nine FM,

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<v Speaker 2>Deadley Murray Radio and the history of that, Yeah, which

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<v Speaker 2>reminds me the impactful way that that brother Tiger and

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<v Speaker 2>others that That's sixty six referendum. I was started Grade

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<v Speaker 2>one in January of that year, nineteen sixty sixth Grade

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<v Speaker 2>one slate boards and the like here and all this

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<v Speaker 2>was happening around me and I was unaware of it,

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<v Speaker 2>this movement. I was told not to be a radical

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<v Speaker 2>black by my family out that way there, but guess

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<v Speaker 2>what I did? They told me not to become a skypilot.

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<v Speaker 2>But guess what I did? Yeah, in this space. So

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<v Speaker 2>this gravitation and drawing out all these different lived experiences

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<v Speaker 2>ending up now in Brisbane later part of my career

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<v Speaker 2>and having the honor to be able to sit in

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<v Speaker 2>in positions and lead independent bodies or regulatory bodies around

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<v Speaker 2>making this space a lot safer for all who choose

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<v Speaker 2>to live on Aboriginal country.

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<v Speaker 1>Uncle thank you for reminding us, especially of Grannie Mook

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<v Speaker 1>and Uncle Ross. You know they've passed now, but every

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<v Speaker 1>funeral we have in our family Mick, Dad, Uncle Johnny,

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<v Speaker 1>Uncle Philip, or my dad's brothers grandfathers to my children

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<v Speaker 1>on their coffins, we've got honorable ancestor. And Grannie Mook

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<v Speaker 1>always said this, you know what kind of honorable ancestor

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<v Speaker 1>are you going to be to the children of the future.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're so powerful words. And there's a star named

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<v Speaker 1>Honorable Ancestor because of Grannie Mook and the impact that

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<v Speaker 1>she's had on a lot of people, not just in

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<v Speaker 1>this country but obviously around the world. Very proud Gungaloo Beery,

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<v Speaker 1>Gubble woman, a Dawson River Murray. So got me thinking

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<v Speaker 1>there now about Grant and I can feel our energy

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<v Speaker 1>as we are in here. Coexistence is on your name

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<v Speaker 1>tag and I've never heard of this business before. So

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<v Speaker 1>tell me a little bit. How did you set up coexistence?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I didn't set up co existence. It's part of

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<v Speaker 2>this inheritance we've got. So I started. I joined in

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<v Speaker 2>with the gas fields Commission a point in there. As

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<v Speaker 2>chair of the gas Fields Commission, it came off the

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<v Speaker 2>back of all the onshore gas development in industry from

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<v Speaker 2>twenty ten through to what we have now. I engaged

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<v Speaker 2>with thirty three different Native title cultural heritage agreements, twenty

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<v Speaker 2>seven tradition owned groups in the Strap Basin, Bowen Basin,

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<v Speaker 2>Your mob involved too in as part of an approvals process.

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<v Speaker 2>Those agreements were developed on relationships. But what left a

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<v Speaker 2>taste in my mouth was that when we came to implement,

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<v Speaker 2>is implemented on commercial terms and which brings us to

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<v Speaker 2>where we are now with first Nations clean energy. I

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<v Speaker 2>believe the first nation's clean energy. This movement that we're

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<v Speaker 2>developing how now is similar to the movement that brought

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<v Speaker 2>us a sixty seven referendum, but this is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be so much more impactful and we are better organized

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<v Speaker 2>to connect up, share our stories and move as one

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<v Speaker 2>and all rise with the tides. So co existence quenstand

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<v Speaker 2>came out of gas Fields because it was recognized on

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<v Speaker 2>the first of July last year. Gas Field's Commission has

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<v Speaker 2>done a great job, so we got also then we're

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<v Speaker 2>given the remit to look after critical Earth minerals, both

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<v Speaker 2>the solar and wind as well as the ongoing gas industry.

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<v Speaker 2>So that the relationship between landholders, traditional owners, so those

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<v Speaker 2>who are well connected to land in all of its

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<v Speaker 2>shapes and forms, and the developers that choose to come

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<v Speaker 2>in here. Now that with the passage of legislation too

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<v Speaker 2>recently in enacting on the first of July, that there

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<v Speaker 2>must be a community benefit shown to any developer that's

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<v Speaker 2>looking to work in communities of interests, association and orrige.

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<v Speaker 2>They've got to speak to family, they've got to speak

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<v Speaker 2>to mob, they've got to speak to landowners. They've got

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<v Speaker 2>to speak to the local authorities and respect the history

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<v Speaker 2>of people in place and the deep, deep stories that

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<v Speaker 2>sit in in country and landscape and relationships.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, talking about developers, we're talking about now you know,

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<v Speaker 1>big corporations, investors, people overseas and I've got interests here,

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<v Speaker 1>invested interest here. What's some advice you know that you

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<v Speaker 1>could share if they're listening to this yarna or watching

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<v Speaker 1>it on YouTube, what would you say to them in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of how how do they go about building these relationships?

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<v Speaker 1>What are those some of those first steps that you

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<v Speaker 1>think would be of value to share with them.

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<v Speaker 2>Start early, having the conversations, and be very clear in

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<v Speaker 2>what you're bringing to the table. Make the interests interests

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<v Speaker 2>explicit rather than talking round ways and the like. It's

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<v Speaker 2>was suggested yesterday that how we engage when we know

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<v Speaker 2>someone gam and come into the room that aren't straight

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<v Speaker 2>up and down. We've got our own queues. We read

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<v Speaker 2>body language and the like, and these sounds that we

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<v Speaker 2>issue with ad we know when someone's gam and so look,

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<v Speaker 2>come in and be respectful of people in place, and

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<v Speaker 2>take the time, don't come last minute, f pick or

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<v Speaker 2>free prior and informed consent means means, start early and

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<v Speaker 2>give give of self and interests and agendas upfront. We

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<v Speaker 2>can save so much time, We can save so many

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<v Speaker 2>dollars being spent on costly legal processes and like, if

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<v Speaker 2>we simply just sit opposite each other like we're doing

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<v Speaker 2>here now, girl, and having this open hearted, open mind

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<v Speaker 2>conversation and use those those body parts as we have.

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<v Speaker 2>We've all been told use them in proportion. Two eyes,

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<v Speaker 2>two ears, one mouth, use it in those proportions. So listen, listen, listen, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>as the wisdom of old people say.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen, talking about wisdom of the old people. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>to mention now, Uncle Charlie Watson, bless you. I'm still around,

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<v Speaker 1>Uncle Charlie wat Willy to you, my deadly uncle and

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<v Speaker 1>Aunt Lilla out at jim Berlanga nursing home and only

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<v Speaker 1>mayor with the three elders that you know. I was

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<v Speaker 1>privileged and honored for them to ask me to go

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<v Speaker 1>into business with them and start Black Card. And it

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<v Speaker 1>was really about teaching people about aboriginal tones of reference,

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<v Speaker 1>not cultural awareness, about our accumulated knowledge. It comes from

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<v Speaker 1>this land that developed over millennia. How do we age,

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<v Speaker 1>how do we build relationships, how do we conduct ourselves,

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<v Speaker 1>especially as visitors on other mobs country. So Aunt Lilla

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<v Speaker 1>or doctor La Watson, these aboriginal terms of reference, you

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<v Speaker 1>can call them indigenous terms of reference, but they are

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<v Speaker 1>the core principles the foundational knowledge that we teach at

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<v Speaker 1>Black Cart relationality. You know the law of obligations, the

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<v Speaker 1>law of reciprocity. But everything is embedded in relationships from

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<v Speaker 1>a first nation's perspective, in how we get along, how

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<v Speaker 1>we settle differences. And I think it's such and I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think I know, and I've been taught this in

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<v Speaker 1>schooled by the elders, that we developed a sophisticated governance system.

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<v Speaker 1>We developed this governance system that we don't think exists

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<v Speaker 1>anywhere in the world when it comes to other indigenous

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<v Speaker 1>groups because it's lateral flat. You know, male and female

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<v Speaker 1>sitting side by side and community coming together when it's

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<v Speaker 1>community business. But we've got men's business, we've got women's business,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's respect between the two. So if men are

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<v Speaker 1>coming into a community, maybe they should bring a female

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<v Speaker 1>colleague with them as well, because they don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>they're meeting with male and female or if it's a

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<v Speaker 1>young woman coming and make sure she's got an older

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<v Speaker 1>female or a male there to come with two people

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<v Speaker 1>instead of just the one. Some of those cultural protocols

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<v Speaker 1>are not known well, I would say most of our

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<v Speaker 1>protocols are not known to most Australians because they haven't

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<v Speaker 1>taken the time. And you mentioned this, allow for time,

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<v Speaker 1>allow for proper consultation, don't come with an agenda. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>come with building the relationship. Come with the mindset that

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<v Speaker 1>you're here to build a relationship and maybe the agenda

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<v Speaker 1>comes next time. But allowing for times. So these are

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<v Speaker 1>really and protocols or steps that people can take to

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<v Speaker 1>get the best outcome possible.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, time is limited. We look at the average life

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<v Speaker 2>expectancy of each us, each of us well, us MOB

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<v Speaker 2>is a little bit lower than the general austration Australian population.

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<v Speaker 2>So when you multiply the average life expectancy by fifty

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<v Speaker 2>two weeks, and see where you're at now that you've

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<v Speaker 2>got I got a clock ticking and we just don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>So that importance of every every breath, of every thought,

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<v Speaker 2>and in the way that we have these conversations between

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<v Speaker 2>us and with us and with others those it's a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit like the nice seeing creed if you like,

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<v Speaker 2>if you wanted to borrow a white fellow fellow comparison

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<v Speaker 2>that it's it's a prayer of approach. And when we

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<v Speaker 2>come and call the country, it's we've got koi bay

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<v Speaker 2>up there a yapooon or in our way there in

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<v Speaker 2>the central highlands there too, we say your coup call

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<v Speaker 2>out loud in our voice, and we sit and we wait.

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<v Speaker 2>We could wait three days or something waiting for MOB

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<v Speaker 2>to come and and let us condition ourselves to being

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<v Speaker 2>this space and absorbing the spirit of place and the

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<v Speaker 2>embodiment of culture and practice and a protocol that belongs here,

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<v Speaker 2>so as the circles fall back around if we're doing

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<v Speaker 2>doing work, even travelers coming through caravaners, I'm a caravan,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a grey nomad. Well that's it absolutely black

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<v Speaker 2>brindle or whichever way, and there's here cafe late nomad.

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<v Speaker 2>But working, working through and it doesn't matter where we

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<v Speaker 2>go around this great southern land. We're obliged to practice

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<v Speaker 2>our deep seated protocols. And if others that travel country

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<v Speaker 2>adopt some of those protocols or the ways of being,

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<v Speaker 2>knowing and and behaving, there's an opportunity for us to

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<v Speaker 2>have some deep exchanges as we pass through through country,

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<v Speaker 2>not just through the lens of a camera, but through

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<v Speaker 2>the relationships that we have here and with that person

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<v Speaker 2>and there, and the offerings the gifts come manyfold to

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<v Speaker 2>say well you should come and stay here when you

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<v Speaker 2>come to Victoria or whichever way. Yeah, yep. Those protocols

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<v Speaker 2>are extremely relevant for now, and we need we could

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<v Speaker 2>do so much more of all of us, each of us,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter which where we come from originally joining us

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<v Speaker 2>mob here, enjoy enjoy the benefits that come with being

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<v Speaker 2>with us. Yeah, it's not a competition. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>share this. Yeah, yeah, I love that.

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<v Speaker 1>Uncle. You just reminded me about we're talking about protocols

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<v Speaker 1>and country and letting mainstream Australians know it's okay to

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<v Speaker 1>adopt some of our customs and pro to cols. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>it will make them, i would say, much more connected

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<v Speaker 1>to this country and give them a deeper sense of belonging,

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<v Speaker 1>which a lot of non Aboriginal people they don't experience

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<v Speaker 1>this sense of belonging that we experience in our country

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<v Speaker 1>and on our land. Even when we're in other people's country,

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<v Speaker 1>we still know. Well, I know for a fact growing

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<v Speaker 1>up in my family and my community, I know where

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<v Speaker 1>I belong and that's also a privilege. And I know

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<v Speaker 1>that a lot of our mob have struggled with that

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<v Speaker 1>sense of belonging because of past gopment policies. With that

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to country and acknowledging country, we talk about it

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<v Speaker 1>being an ancient diplomatic protocol, a tradition that has been

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<v Speaker 1>practiced for tens of thousands of years, and then we

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<v Speaker 1>show the Aboriginal languages map of Australia. The iatzis Haughton

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<v Speaker 1>version and remind people that this is probably the earliest

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<v Speaker 1>example of a human government than anywhere else in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>And even though we're being a little bit biased at

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<v Speaker 1>Black Card, we believe, and this is what we share

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<v Speaker 1>with people. We believe that Abiginal people of this land

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<v Speaker 1>invented diplomacy. And what does that mean, you know, how

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<v Speaker 1>we engage with each other. It's about minimizing the potential

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<v Speaker 1>for conflict. It doesn't make peace right, but it lays

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<v Speaker 1>the foundations for positive relation or you know, interactions with

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<v Speaker 1>each other. And there's another concept that our little and

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<v Speaker 1>aunt Mary talk about in terms of this congenial fellowship

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<v Speaker 1>and leave him, an associolinguist, talked about it when he

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<v Speaker 1>lived with their mob on our undercountry. They said that

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<v Speaker 1>he never come across another group indigenous group in the

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<v Speaker 1>world like blackfellows, which is our people here that worked

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<v Speaker 1>so hard at relationships with each other. And whether he

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<v Speaker 1>coined that term or not, I'm not too sure, but

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<v Speaker 1>he was the one that talked about this congenial congeniality.

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<v Speaker 1>To be congenial is to create those good feelings the group,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what we need to remind not just non

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<v Speaker 1>Abiginal people about it. I think it's now our own mob.

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<v Speaker 1>As you say, you've got a lot of work to do,

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<v Speaker 1>We got a lot of work to do, especially in

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<v Speaker 1>this clean energy space and the renewable energy. In these

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<v Speaker 1>transitions into clean energy, what could we hope for the

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<v Speaker 1>future for our mob in particular when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>understanding what does clean energy and renewables? What does it

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<v Speaker 1>even mean for us? What do we need to look

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<v Speaker 1>out for?

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<v Speaker 2>It's this lessons of coexistence that comes from thousands of

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<v Speaker 2>generations in being in this space allows us to share

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<v Speaker 2>wisdom and understanding of what it means to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>We all have our mob, we all need a mob,

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<v Speaker 2>and a lot of us are finding our mob. But

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<v Speaker 2>to those who who are curious, I know another another

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<v Speaker 2>phrase that has understood. You mentioned diplomacy longer standing, but

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<v Speaker 2>the same same here in so far as traveling traveling

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<v Speaker 2>between country. Here we've got the world's oldest passport system,

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<v Speaker 2>and that came by a message, Dick, or by the

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<v Speaker 2>by the behaviors that we had when approaching country and

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<v Speaker 2>the like. So it's suggesting there before that when you

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<v Speaker 2>are traveling traveling country, be with us. Have these conversations

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<v Speaker 2>with us. Don't fear us, don't be frightened of us,

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<v Speaker 2>Sit with us, and deep an understanding of how you

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<v Speaker 2>might you might coexist in in place and space, but

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<v Speaker 2>also within relationships. Yep, we've all got one. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of my friends said, I've got one. I've got a

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<v Speaker 2>black fellow. He's a good friend. And well so I've

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<v Speaker 2>got ninety seven ninety percent of Australians out there as

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<v Speaker 2>potential friends. So how rich and blessed am I here?

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<v Speaker 1>Certainly we can just remind people, yes, of our way,

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<v Speaker 1>the old ways, you know, our way of this just this.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what it is about mob in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of just being so approachable, so accepting, so forgiving, so loving,

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<v Speaker 1>so understanding. And even Granniemook used to say, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when you speak those words, they can't come back. When

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<v Speaker 1>they leave your mouth, they're gone. So think about what

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<v Speaker 1>you say.

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<v Speaker 2>They're in the wind. They're in the wind.

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<v Speaker 1>They're in the wind.

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<v Speaker 2>My nanimally nanomally carry carry. Muley Thompson has had a

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<v Speaker 2>term bint the way, which means you open your heart.

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<v Speaker 2>You open your heart, but you be careful how wide

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<v Speaker 2>you open that heart, because there are others who might

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<v Speaker 2>might take advantage of but but bint the way. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's again, it's a practice down through the generations

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<v Speaker 2>and be open hearted. There's a risk in that. Love

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<v Speaker 2>everything everything else that comes with relationships. There is a

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<v Speaker 2>risk in that. But this is a great risk to

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<v Speaker 2>be taking, to be sharing space, time and energy between

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<v Speaker 2>each of us here coexist.

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<v Speaker 1>Uncle, What a beautiful way to wrap up our yarn

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<v Speaker 1>and just saying thank you for giving me your time

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<v Speaker 1>to share your knowledge, your wisdom, your experience, the work

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<v Speaker 1>that you're doing, the work that you're embarking on here

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<v Speaker 1>on the Black Magic Woman podcasts. I just want to

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<v Speaker 1>say thank you and looking forward to more yards with

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<v Speaker 1>you in the near future.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh look, thank you, my girl. And I just love

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<v Speaker 2>this extended family connection with you and yours and those

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<v Speaker 2>arties and uncles. Heah deadly what.

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<v Speaker 1>What a molly your mob. There is more to come

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<v Speaker 1>with a lot of the mob that are gathering here

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<v Speaker 1>on Kabby Cubby Gabby Gubby Country for the first Nation's

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<v Speaker 1>Clean Energy Network Summit. Over four hundred and fifty delegates

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<v Speaker 1>are here and I can't wait for you to hear

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<v Speaker 1>some of the other amazing conversations that have been recorded

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<v Speaker 1>on this beautiful land. I hope you've enjoyed this Deadly

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<v Speaker 1>Young Instead of me saying until next time, by for now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to leave you with the words and our language,

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<v Speaker 1>or word in our language, it says not goodbye, but

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<v Speaker 1>we'll see you soon.

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<v Speaker 2>What a moly.

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<v Speaker 1>If you'd like any more on today's guest, please visit

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<v Speaker 1>our show notes in the episode description. A big shout

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