The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languages
- Written by Ben Grimes, Lecturer in Law, Charles Darwin University
Yingiya Guyula (seated right) wants to be allowed to use the Yolngu Matha language in the NT Legislative Assembly to represent his electorate.Yingiya Guyula
After Yingiya Guyula was elected as a member to the NT Legislative Assembly in 2016, he rose to give his inaugural speech and started speaking in his first language, Yolngu Matha.
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