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BellingenNSW<p>NT parliament passes CLP government's territory coordinator bill<br>The Northern Territory government has passed the territory coordinator bill through parliament, giving it the power to override dozens of regulatory laws relevant to projects of "economic significance". <br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/nt-territory-coordinator-bill-clp-government-pass-parliament/105067814" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/nt-</span><span class="invisible">territory-coordinator-bill-clp-government-pass-parliament/105067814</span></a></p><p> The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languages</p><p>"42% of NT residents speak a non-English language at home. Only half of eligible Aboriginal residents in the NT are enrolled to vote, and voter participation is even lower. Recognition – Rejecting someone’s language means rejecting their identity. Reconciliation is not just something parliamentarians should direct others to do, it’s something that needs to happen within parliament itself."</p><p>"The NT is a rich, multilingual society. How can the Legislative Assembly claim to fully represent the breadth of NT society when it chooses to be monolingual?" <br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-english-only-nt-parliament-is-undermining-healthy-democracy-by-excluding-aboriginal-languages-105048" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-englis</span><span class="invisible">h-only-nt-parliament-is-undermining-healthy-democracy-by-excluding-aboriginal-languages-105048</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EconomicSignificance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicSignificance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/participation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>participation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/monolingualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monolingualism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/zeitgeist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zeitgeist</span></a></p>
David B. Himself<p><a href="https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ErikUden@mastodon.de</a><span> </span><a href="https://mas.to/@TechConnectify" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TechConnectify@mas.to</a><span> Brown is not dark red. Brown is a mix of all three primary colors.<br>Burgundy is dark red.<br><br>Yes, language affects how we perceive certain concepts, but only very slightly.<br><br>Russian speakers see the same tones of colors as English speakers do.<br><br>Multilingual people's perception of the world doesn't change when they code switch or change the language of their thinking.<br><br>The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis has been mostly disproven. (And is very monolingual Anglophone centric)<br><br></span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Languages" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Languages</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/linguistics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Monolingualism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monolingualism</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Multilingualism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Multilingualism</a></p>
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