March 20, 1999 While it is a matter of deep personal regret to me that the Attorney-General, Darryl Williams, feels insulted by the UN committee's conclusions about the Native Title Amendment Act, I think his call for all Australians to feel insulted is going too far. Since we were not personally involved in drafting the legislation, we can hardly be held responsible for it.... What I do feel is shame. Shame that, in this supposedly enlightened age, our government can enact racist legislation that clearly continues the dispossession of Aboriginal Australians in order to benefit pastoralists like Kerry Packer and the Sultan of Brunei and then, with feigned moral outrage, pretend otherwise. Why is it that those whose morals are so loudly and publicly offended by sexual matters are so little troubled by the obscenity of the injustices they inflict on those who have been left so little. The Prime Minister's isolationist’s defence, and claims that the UN judgement is not binding, betray that 'mutual obligation' is only for the young and unemployed and not nations benefiting from a global economy. Since Australia’s international word is now completely worthless, maybe the world should take a leaf from John Howard’s favourite book and try a little coercion. Trudy Bray 13 Cunningham Pl., Camden NSW 2570 (02) 4655 1050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
