By Elliot Brennan•November 7, 2013 Aboriginal people were recognised as Australian citizens only in 1967. (Credit: State Library of New South Wales) Reading Time: 2 Minutes• Print this page It was on this day, only in 1967, that indigenous people were formally recognised as Australian citizens. ON 27 MAY 1967, 90.77 per cent of Australians votedContinue reading “On this day: indigenous people get citizenship”
Category Archives: Aborigines
Bess Price warns Albanese wants to insert ‘race’ back into the Constitution after it was removed in 1967
Mother of Senator Jacinta Price, Bess Price has called out PM Anthony Albanese as a racist. This genuine straight talking Aboriginal woman should be revered by her people for speaking the truth of European settlement and the 20th century misrepresentation of Aboriginal Australians by unseen hands of the financial oligarchy which wants all land allocatedContinue reading “Bess Price warns Albanese wants to insert ‘race’ back into the Constitution after it was removed in 1967”
‘Race shifting’ casts long shadow over cultural identity
Claire Lehmann The Australian April 14, 2023 The 2021 census found the number of people identifying as Aboriginal in Australia had increased 25 per cent over a five-year period. The huge uptick could not be explained by an Aboriginal baby boom, but the result of an increase in people claiming Aboriginal identity later in life,Continue reading “‘Race shifting’ casts long shadow over cultural identity”
Alice Springs in another meltdown
Apr 15 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Things aren’t alright in Alice Springs. Out of sight and out of mind to most of the country, the problems in Alice Springs and across the Northern Territory are being ignored by Anthony Albanese. But something must change. Now. Back in January when the country’s media shone a spotlightContinue reading “Alice Springs in another meltdown”
Voice amendment is about governance and configuration of Australian jurisprudence to the United [Communist] Nations
Apr 11 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews By Lyndesy Symonds Whereas the people of New South Wales, Victoria [esp Victoria], South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania [also Western Australia and Northern Territory] humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God do need a Constitutional determination. All persons living under this federation are included in the Commonwealth ofContinue reading “Voice amendment is about governance and configuration of Australian jurisprudence to the United [Communist] Nations”
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY REVIEW
Aborigines possibly the tenth race to have inhabited Australia 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 communal industry, andContinue reading “AUSTRALIAN HISTORY REVIEW”
Northern Territory Aboriginal lawmakers do not want a Voice or treaty
Mar 25 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews https://rumble.com/embed/v28cxt8/#?secret=O31vaaAfGq Treaty is a contract, trade agreement and a trap. Lurnpa people The referendum question released yesterday: “Do you support an alteration to the Constitution that establishes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice?” The wishy-washy Liberals as usual, cannot agree on having a referendum for the Voice. Nothing unusual here,Continue reading “Northern Territory Aboriginal lawmakers do not want a Voice or treaty”
Aboriginal elders from across Australia tell the Labor socialists they do not want a divisive Voice referendum
Mar 24 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews On Wednesday I was proud to host at Parliament House 22 Aboriginal leaders and community members from right across the country. They travelled far, some of them for two days, just to get to Canberra and have their voices heard. This delegation of proud Australians, which was organised byContinue reading “Aboriginal elders from across Australia tell the Labor socialists they do not want a divisive Voice referendum”
Albanese head of a corrupt left wing govt who are taking Australians to the cleaners-for their own benefit- stripping the country back to bedrock
Sky news host Cory Bernardi says the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has been quietly changed by removing “executive government” from the wording and shows not even Albanese’s Labor party is able to support their original statement. “The Voice has changed not that you’d know it – Dennis Shanahan in The Australian reports today the governmentContinue reading “Albanese head of a corrupt left wing govt who are taking Australians to the cleaners-for their own benefit- stripping the country back to bedrock”
Voicing doubt
Australian Books Tony Abbott Getty Images Tony Abbott 18 March 2023 9:00 AM An Indigenous Voice to Parliament: Considering a Constitutional BridgeFrank Brennan Garratt Publishing, pp.120, $24.95 When it comes to the Voice, Anthony Albanese is breaking all the rules for successfully changing the constitution. First, he hasn’t throughly explained how the change would work.Continue reading “Voicing doubt”
Who qualifies for the Voice?
Flat White Alex Antic Getty Images Alex Antic 14 March 2023 4:30 AM The so-called ‘Voice to Parliament’ is a proposal for a race-based advisory body established via a referendum to amend Australia’s Constitution. We have only just commenced this corrosive process and already, we are seeing more questions than answers. I oppose the VoiceContinue reading “Who qualifies for the Voice?”
Aborigines
Why I Will Not Acknowledge Country Christopher Joliffe Let me set the scene for you. It is the beginning of a meeting, an assembly, a conference, a class. A quiet hush descends upon the audience: somebody with an almost perceptible halo ascends to the speaker’s place. “I would like to acknowledge,” they begin, and youContinue reading “Aborigines”
Rowan Dean: We don’t need a Voice because we already have one
Flat White Rowan Dean Getty Images Rowan Dean 13 March 2023 4:00 AM As readers know, I occasionally like to be the bearer of good news and today I am delighted to tell you that I have just saved the federal government an absolute fortune, in fact, I’ve saved Jim Chalmers’ first proper budget literallyContinue reading “Rowan Dean: We don’t need a Voice because we already have one”
Rabbit Proof Fence and ‘Stolen Generation’ are propaganda to suit government narrative
Mar 10 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Letter to the Editor Star Molly said, ” That’s not my story…” Letter writer Anna Fern said – “Secondly, the real Aboriginal people are not the one’s complaining or pushing for land rights, saying Sorry, welcome ceremony and the Yes vote etc. It is the tar brush activists whoContinue reading “Rabbit Proof Fence and ‘Stolen Generation’ are propaganda to suit government narrative”
Eleven Aboriginal MP’s have lost their Voice, done nothing to improve their lot
Mar 10 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Letter to the Editor The continued land grab and welcome ceremony is heavily grating on the average Aussie nerves. Where once we naturally acknowledged the indigenous people of this country as being here first, we have now reached a point where resentment has replaced acceptance. These are my thoughtsContinue reading “Eleven Aboriginal MP’s have lost their Voice, done nothing to improve their lot”
Australian Notes
Australian notes John Stone Getty Images John Stone 4 March 2023 9:00 AM When the Australian editorialises (24/02/23) that, ‘No one who has followed [its] reporting over decades could remain untouched by the misery afflicting many of our Indigenous communities’ (it means Aboriginal communities, but let that common error pass), it can so claim withoutContinue reading “Australian Notes”
Aborigines possibly the tenth race to have inhabited Australia
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 communal industry, and warriors using bows and arrows. The aborigines never hadContinue reading “Aborigines possibly the tenth race to have inhabited Australia”
Victoria’s Indigenous shame
Matthew Bach Getty Images Matthew Bach 14 February 2023 4:00 AM If you believed the A-Grade spin emanating from the Victorian government’s massive media team, you would be forgiven for thinking that our state is a land of milk and honey for Indigenous folks. For example, at every opportunity Daniel Andrews trumpets his virtue onContinue reading “Victoria’s Indigenous shame”
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