Fighting for Country with Jason Briggs

Truth Telling with Lidia Thorpe

In this episode Lidia yarns with Boonwurrung and Wemba Wemba lawyer, Jason Briggs about the complexities and flaws of Native Title laws and highlights the importance of support for First Nations legal defence.
Jason Briggs is of Boonwurrung and Wemba Wemba Ancestry and he Chairs the Boonwurrung Land & Sea Council in Melbourne. Jason is a practising lawyer with over 20 years experience in legal practice and business. Jason has recently launched the Boonwurrung Native Title Claim in the Federal Court and convenes the Victorian Pan Nationalist group known as the Black Friday Resurgence; to raise public awareness and black consciousness about issues affecting First Nations communities in Victoria - especially in relation to our Cultural Heritage and Native Title affairs.
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These recordings took place on the unceded sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

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Note: These episodes were recorded while Senator Thorpe was a member of the Greens. She now sits of the crossbench as a Independent Senator representing the Blak Sovereign Movement