So Much Talk, So Very Few Answers Peter Smith Frequent contributor Caught my eye in the paper, albeit lying prone in a hospital bed recovering (hopefully) from an urgent operation. Read that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wishes to “build a relationship” with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. According to the PM, Australia andContinue reading “QED”
Category Archives: Aborigines
Aborigines
Bogus Identity and Constitutional Change Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au In July 2000, Allen Appo of Bundaberg, Queensland, was charged in the Townsville Magistrates Court with a breach of the Fisheries Act by illegally catching undersized and female mud crabs. He was represented by Townsville Aboriginal Legal Aid who argued that, because Appo was Aboriginal,Continue reading “Aborigines”
Aborigines
Golden Emu: Notes on a Hoax Michael Connor Contributing editor It began here. Bruce Pascoe was thirty-four, he had been a country high school teacher and was working as an Education Department bureaucrat in Carlton when he received his first newspaper headline and a four-word review: “The man’s a charlatan!” The insightful summing up wasContinue reading “Aborigines”
No Voice can fix this chaos
People are dying as politicians ignore the real problems afflicting Aboriginal communities Features Australia John-Paul Baladi Getty Images John-Paul Baladi 20 May 2023 9:00 AM Having recently returned ‘down south’ from almost a year spent living and working in the Northern Territory, I could not be more opposed to the proposed Voice to Parliament. LikeContinue reading “No Voice can fix this chaos”
Who is an Aborigine?
The single most important question about the Voice Features Australia Peter O’Brien Getty Images Peter O’Brien 27 May 2023 9:00 AM Writing recently in the Australian, Chris Kenny, notable for being the only genuine conservative voice in support of the Voice, notes, ‘A narrow victory would reveal a nation divided and ambivalent about how toContinue reading “Who is an Aborigine?”
Ban Welcome to Country nonsense, Australia belongs to Australians
Date: May 24, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 0 Comments Choking everybody with eucalyptus smoke was dreamt up 30 years ago by white activists claiming to be black Liberal Senator Alex Antic Share this: Related Published by Editor, cairnsnews One of the few patriots left who understands the system and how it has been totally subverted underContinue reading “Ban Welcome to Country nonsense, Australia belongs to Australians”
Alan Jones: treaties
Flat White Alan Jones Getty Images Alan Jones 20 May 2023 5:00 AM I can’t be the only person who wonders whether, on matters critical to our future and, most importantly, the future of our children, the Liberal Party (whatever it might be, and whoever it is) seems to have lost its voice. ‘Voice’ seemsContinue reading “Alan Jones: treaties”
Pretend Aborigines
Anne EasbyThis is a map of Aboriginal tribes across Australia and frequently shown in schools. It will be interesting to see how governments negotiate treaties. Queensland’s treaty is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and there are 150 tribes in Queensland alone. Who will pay and to whom? Why should people with noContinue reading “Pretend Aborigines”
What I learnt from an Aboriginal Elder
Flat White Steven Tripp Getty Images Steven Tripp 13 December 2022 4:00 AM Recently, I sat down to interview an Aboriginal Elder from South Australia for the ExCandidates podcast, of which I am a host. Her name is Kerry White, a former nurse and diabetes educator from the Narungga people. The aim of the interviewContinue reading “What I learnt from an Aboriginal Elder”
Who is Wollumbin Consultative Group?’
Mathew Condon The Australian May 15, 2023 You come to the foot of Wollumbin-Mount Warning, the monolithic, totemic, almost mythic volcanic plug 12km southwest of Murwillumbah on the NSW far north coast, through ancient rainforest, across creek beds littered with car-sized boulders, and up, up towards the Wollumbin Summit Trailhead. Then, a kilometre out fromContinue reading “Who is Wollumbin Consultative Group?’”
Aborigines
Glimpses of Life in a Remote Aboriginal Community Paul Prociv When I recently came across Kim Mahood’s searingly frank description of whitefella workers in remote Aboriginal communities, I was swept back in a wave of nostalgia to my own brief exposure in Arnhem Land almost 30 years ago. While I didn’t keep a record, andContinue reading “Aborigines”
The Voice
White Man’s Dreaming Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au If there’s any hint of unintended consequences — for example, an untidy debate about who exactly qualifies for the description “indigenous” — then the proposition [for constitutional recognition] will be defeated. — former Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, 2012 There was consternation in Tasmania last month when itsContinue reading “The Voice”
The terrifying future of the Voice found in its past
Flat White Matthew Stratton Getty Images Matthew Stratton 3 April 2023 7:00 AM In March 1982, the National Aboriginal Conference established under the Whitlam government put forward what can genuinely be described as the most radical proposal in Australian history. The proposed treaty between Aboriginal peoples and the Commonwealth (without referendum) sought to ‘return’ sovereigntyContinue reading “The terrifying future of the Voice found in its past”
Pauline Hanson: Senate kicks vital Voice issue down the road
Flat White Pauline Hanson Getty Images Pauline Hanson 11 May 2023 2:15 PM The vexing but vital issue of genuine Indigenous identity will fester during the Voice referendum period and for a long time after unless – and until – Parliament settles the question of what defines an Indigenous Australian. This week, a gutless SenateContinue reading “Pauline Hanson: Senate kicks vital Voice issue down the road”
Blacktivism and the Crown
Flat White Kevin Donnelly Getty Images Kevin Donnelly 7 May 2023 3:00 AM Given the coronation of King Charles III, there are differing and often conflicting opinions about the significance of the British monarchy and what the institution means to Australia. While many celebrate the long history of ritual and ceremony surrounding the occasion, thereContinue reading “Blacktivism and the Crown”
Aborigines possibly the tenth race to have inhabited Australia
Date: September 7, 2022Author: Editor, cairnsnews 86 Comments Letter to the Editor The Torres Strait Islanders are a different race of unrelated people of Melanesian descent, their history goes back about 3,000 years diverging to a mix of Papuan and Lapita people 30,000 years ago. They are a well structured society with agriculture and productive communalContinue reading “Aborigines possibly the tenth race to have inhabited Australia”
Black entitlement to violent crime steps up a notch in Mareeba as street gangs wage war on townspeople, vigilantes coming
Date: May 4, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 19 Comments Reclaim Australia say enough is enough From Cairns News contributors Vigilantes armed with baseball bats could soon be a familiar sight on the streets of Cairns, Mareeba and Townsville as Labor’s feeble attempt to curb violent crime dissipates. Cairns News contributors from around the Far North haveContinue reading “Black entitlement to violent crime steps up a notch in Mareeba as street gangs wage war on townspeople, vigilantes coming”
Female Politician
Who Are The Parents Of Senator Lidia Thorpe? Here’s What We Know About By Deepika Kandel August 2, 2022 05:22 AM Lidia Thorpe is an eminent female politician serving as a senator for Victoria, representing the Australian Greens, and is the first Aboriginal Australian senator from Victoria. She has been actively involved in human rightsContinue reading “Female Politician”
‘White Ban’: Lidia Thorpe confronts the media
Nick Tabakoff The Australian April 30, 2023 Broadcasters are being forced to adopt unorthodox methods to try to persuade Australia’s newest human headline, former Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, to come on their shows for interviews. The Indigenous senator has seemingly dodged what we’re assured have been continued requests for her to appear on radio andContinue reading “‘White Ban’: Lidia Thorpe confronts the media”
Stan Grant and Other Toxic Tribalists
QED Mark Powell Stan Grant, flogging a new book and thrashing a dead monarch, has just had an excerpt of his latest exercise in cliche wrangling and incoherent grievance published in the Weekend Australian. It appeared beneath the ominous headline, “The Queen is Dead, the ABC is nervous … I feel empty”. Such is theContinue reading “Stan Grant and Other Toxic Tribalists”
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