Thomas Mayo
@thomasmayo.bsky.social
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander author & Assistant National Secretary of the MUA. ABIA Book of the Year with Kerry O’Brien in 2024. Latest book: Always Was, Always Will Be - The campaign for justice and recognition continues
Www.thomasmayo.com.au
Www.thomasmayo.com.au
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DEAR SON
Based on the book by Thomas Mayo
Adapted by Isaac Drandic and John Harvey
Directed by Isaac Drandic
Letters of love by First Nations fathers and sons: bit.ly/Dear-Son
Book a 2026 season ticket to lock in the best seat at the best price: bit.ly/2026-Season
Based on the book by Thomas Mayo
Adapted by Isaac Drandic and John Harvey
Directed by Isaac Drandic
Letters of love by First Nations fathers and sons: bit.ly/Dear-Son
Book a 2026 season ticket to lock in the best seat at the best price: bit.ly/2026-Season
October 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
DEAR SON
Based on the book by Thomas Mayo
Adapted by Isaac Drandic and John Harvey
Directed by Isaac Drandic
Letters of love by First Nations fathers and sons: bit.ly/Dear-Son
Book a 2026 season ticket to lock in the best seat at the best price: bit.ly/2026-Season
Based on the book by Thomas Mayo
Adapted by Isaac Drandic and John Harvey
Directed by Isaac Drandic
Letters of love by First Nations fathers and sons: bit.ly/Dear-Son
Book a 2026 season ticket to lock in the best seat at the best price: bit.ly/2026-Season
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"Keep talking with each other,"
On this episode of What's the Big Idea, Paul Barclay spoke to @thomasmayo.bsky.social about the next steps for Indigenous justice and reconciliation.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: australiainstitute.org.au/post/where-t...
On this episode of What's the Big Idea, Paul Barclay spoke to @thomasmayo.bsky.social about the next steps for Indigenous justice and reconciliation.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: australiainstitute.org.au/post/where-t...
July 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"Keep talking with each other,"
On this episode of What's the Big Idea, Paul Barclay spoke to @thomasmayo.bsky.social about the next steps for Indigenous justice and reconciliation.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: australiainstitute.org.au/post/where-t...
On this episode of What's the Big Idea, Paul Barclay spoke to @thomasmayo.bsky.social about the next steps for Indigenous justice and reconciliation.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: australiainstitute.org.au/post/where-t...
This is why the investigation into the death of Kumanjayi White- and all investigations into Indigenous deaths in custody - should be conducted by an authority with a deep understanding of racism from an Indigenous perspective, and at arms length from police.
July 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is why the investigation into the death of Kumanjayi White- and all investigations into Indigenous deaths in custody - should be conducted by an authority with a deep understanding of racism from an Indigenous perspective, and at arms length from police.
From page to stage. I never expected my book Dear Son - Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons to become a play. I’m so happy it has. It is something special.
If you won’t get a chance to see the play, there’s always the book:
publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/...
If you won’t get a chance to see the play, there’s always the book:
publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/...
July 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
From page to stage. I never expected my book Dear Son - Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons to become a play. I’m so happy it has. It is something special.
If you won’t get a chance to see the play, there’s always the book:
publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/...
If you won’t get a chance to see the play, there’s always the book:
publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/...
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Always admired Thomas Mayo during The Voice campaign so decided to read his book. ‘Always was Always will be’ Should be compulsory and mandated reading in all secondary schools. I’m building a fire in my belly’ Thomas. I’m never giving up.
May 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Always admired Thomas Mayo during The Voice campaign so decided to read his book. ‘Always was Always will be’ Should be compulsory and mandated reading in all secondary schools. I’m building a fire in my belly’ Thomas. I’m never giving up.
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See you at Byron Writers Festival where I’ll be talking cultural and political nation-building in four big sessions! Such an honour to speak alongside greatly admired writers including Thomas Mayo, Barry Jones, Tom Keneally and more. Tix will sell fast: www.byronwritersfestival.com/festival/wri...
June 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
See you at Byron Writers Festival where I’ll be talking cultural and political nation-building in four big sessions! Such an honour to speak alongside greatly admired writers including Thomas Mayo, Barry Jones, Tom Keneally and more. Tix will sell fast: www.byronwritersfestival.com/festival/wri...
The parties of divide and conquer have thoroughly conquered themselves.
May 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The parties of divide and conquer have thoroughly conquered themselves.
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Great to see investigative journalism win. The costs, though, financially, emotionally, in terms of time and exhaustion, are too much. We desperately need to properly overhaul defamation laws in this country. #auspol
Ben Roberts-Smith has lost his defamation case appeal.
May 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Great to see investigative journalism win. The costs, though, financially, emotionally, in terms of time and exhaustion, are too much. We desperately need to properly overhaul defamation laws in this country. #auspol
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the exploiters use culture wars and other f#ckery to distract us from real issues. but ‘No.’
p.s. thankyou for the MWF panel today. 🙏 I just bought ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ on audible, ta!
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p.s. thankyou for the MWF panel today. 🙏 I just bought ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ on audible, ta!
💙
May 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
the exploiters use culture wars and other f#ckery to distract us from real issues. but ‘No.’
p.s. thankyou for the MWF panel today. 🙏 I just bought ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ on audible, ta!
💙
p.s. thankyou for the MWF panel today. 🙏 I just bought ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ on audible, ta!
💙
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Tonight, Australia voted No to ignorance & Yes to Acknowledgement; No to xenophobia & Yes to Welcomes; No to regression & Yes to progress.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
May 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Tonight, Australia voted No to ignorance & Yes to Acknowledgement; No to xenophobia & Yes to Welcomes; No to regression & Yes to progress.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
Tonight, Australia voted No to ignorance & Yes to Acknowledgement; No to xenophobia & Yes to Welcomes; No to regression & Yes to progress.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
May 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Tonight, Australia voted No to ignorance & Yes to Acknowledgement; No to xenophobia & Yes to Welcomes; No to regression & Yes to progress.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
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We really need to do something about this Australia
What is the Atlas network?
YouTube video by Regenerators
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April 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We really need to do something about this Australia
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ICYMI, the full True Colours, last night’s #4corners on #auspol #australiavotes election is here. You can also catch up our website and on ABC iview. m.youtube.com/watch?v=C28O...
Who will Australia choose to lead the country? | Four Corners Documentary
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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April 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
ICYMI, the full True Colours, last night’s #4corners on #auspol #australiavotes election is here. You can also catch up our website and on ABC iview. m.youtube.com/watch?v=C28O...
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Great episode and essential viewing in this last week of the election campaign. #auspol
April 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Great episode and essential viewing in this last week of the election campaign. #auspol
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Dutton has been trying to distance himself from Trump.
But in his routine failure to answer questions,
his labeling of journalists as "hate media" and "left wing",
his imperious view that he is beyond accountability,
Dutton has shown he shares Trump's authoritarian impulses. #ausvotes #auspol
But in his routine failure to answer questions,
his labeling of journalists as "hate media" and "left wing",
his imperious view that he is beyond accountability,
Dutton has shown he shares Trump's authoritarian impulses. #ausvotes #auspol
The more we know about Peter Dutton, the further in to the dark shadows the details get.
Louise Milligan and the 4 Corners team did excellent work on the program last night.
Dutton has questions to answer, #Auspol, though we know he won’t answer them.
Louise Milligan and the 4 Corners team did excellent work on the program last night.
Dutton has questions to answer, #Auspol, though we know he won’t answer them.
April 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The more we know about Peter Dutton, the further in to the dark shadows the details get.
Louise Milligan and the 4 Corners team did excellent work on the program last night.
Dutton has questions to answer, #Auspol, though we know he won’t answer them.
Louise Milligan and the 4 Corners team did excellent work on the program last night.
Dutton has questions to answer, #Auspol, though we know he won’t answer them.
April 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The more we know about Peter Dutton, the further in to the dark shadows the details get.
Louise Milligan and the 4 Corners team did excellent work on the program last night.
Dutton has questions to answer, #Auspol, though we know he won’t answer them.
Louise Milligan and the 4 Corners team did excellent work on the program last night.
Dutton has questions to answer, #Auspol, though we know he won’t answer them.
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April 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Our final #SundayShot before the election is up! @australiainstitute.org.au's @amyremeikis.bsky.social and @declassifiedaus.bsky.social's @petercronau.bsky.social chat with @davemilbo.bsky.social.
And @thomasmayo.bsky.social stops by.
Please watch & subscribe👇.
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And @thomasmayo.bsky.social stops by.
Please watch & subscribe👇.
youtube.com/live/ulyufDq...
Hear the Silence - April 27
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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April 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Our final #SundayShot before the election is up! @australiainstitute.org.au's @amyremeikis.bsky.social and @declassifiedaus.bsky.social's @petercronau.bsky.social chat with @davemilbo.bsky.social.
And @thomasmayo.bsky.social stops by.
Please watch & subscribe👇.
youtube.com/live/ulyufDq...
And @thomasmayo.bsky.social stops by.
Please watch & subscribe👇.
youtube.com/live/ulyufDq...
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Oooh excellent, @thomasmayo.bsky.social is an extra guest on today, on indigenous affairs and policy for election...
www.youtube.com/live/ulyufDq...
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#SundayShot #Ausvotes #Auspol
www.youtube.com/live/ulyufDq...
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#SundayShot #Ausvotes #Auspol
Welcome to The Sunday Shot!
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April 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Oooh excellent, @thomasmayo.bsky.social is an extra guest on today, on indigenous affairs and policy for election...
www.youtube.com/live/ulyufDq...
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#SundayShot #Ausvotes #Auspol
www.youtube.com/live/ulyufDq...
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#SundayShot #Ausvotes #Auspol
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“We now know that the so-called grassroots funding campaign for the referendum ‘no’ case was really a handful of dark money donors - often foreign influence”. @thomasmayo.bsky.social #SundayShot #racism
April 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“We now know that the so-called grassroots funding campaign for the referendum ‘no’ case was really a handful of dark money donors - often foreign influence”. @thomasmayo.bsky.social #SundayShot #racism
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Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal, Erubamle Torres Strait Islander author and leader Thomas Mayo will be in conversation with AHA member Clare Wright, as part of the 2025 Sydney Writers Festival. Details and tickets are here: www.swf.org.au/program/seas...
April 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal, Erubamle Torres Strait Islander author and leader Thomas Mayo will be in conversation with AHA member Clare Wright, as part of the 2025 Sydney Writers Festival. Details and tickets are here: www.swf.org.au/program/seas...
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If you don’t know the details about Dutton’s flip flopping policies, vote No to Liberal National candidate in the federal election.
April 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you don’t know the details about Dutton’s flip flopping policies, vote No to Liberal National candidate in the federal election.
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Superb irony.
If you don’t know the details about Dutton’s flip flopping policies, vote No to Liberal National candidate in the federal election.
April 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Superb irony.
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Brilliant 🙌
If you don’t know the details about Dutton’s flip flopping policies, vote No to Liberal National candidate in the federal election.
April 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Brilliant 🙌