Worth Sending to the Age/SMH or the Australian I reckon.
Cheers
Rod
At 10:26 AM 26/3/99, \(Robert\) Bruce Reyburn wrote:
>Dear Prime Minister,
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>Thank you for your invitation to take part in wording up a new Preamble for
>the Constitution. After deliberations which went late into the night and
>consumed a fair share of party resources, we present you with our first
>draft.
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>We're sorry if it's a little late but, geez, it was a great night.
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>On behalf of the
>NT and FAQU Cattle-persons Assn.
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>Preambulation of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia
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>English Only.
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>We, born to rule, acknowledge and affirm the primacy of private property.
>Farqing oath!
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>Our exclusive relationship with the Big Fella stems from our superior
>breeding. You better believe it! And we've got a fair idea of what HE looks
>like, eh Donk?
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>This great property of ours, ours, Australia, was an unfinished part of
>the Big Fella's estate until we came along. We completed what HE alone
>could not. By investing our hard won capital (and the labour of others)
>into the resources of the countryside, all other relationships with this,
>our land (and women) were brought under our sole and everlasting dominion.
>This, the Big Fella, decrees.
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>Blackfella's never worked the land, and therefore can lay no claim to it
>now that it has the value of improved pasture. If they had wanted it, they
>would have made proper use of it in the first place to return a profit or,
>at least, used it to underwrite a superior lifestyle whilst being heavily
>in debt to the banks. Of course they were here first, but so too were
>kangaroos.
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>We affirm and acknowledge the rights of stock on agistment, including those
>on ungazetted stock routes and temporary grazing licences (valid or
>otherwise) to chew their cud in quiet and peaceful enjoyment at all times
>without Blackfella's wandering around and upsetting them in new Toyotas
>purchased by taxpayer funds and leaving the gates open. (deleted �
>reference to southern stirrers and to shoot the bloody mongrels)
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>The ancient rights of cattle, which lie at the heart of this our great
>civilisation, take precedence in ALL situations over any bullshit stories
>about the great Mambo or Marbo or whatever mumbo bloody jumbo.
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>Brands. Like beer, a good brand is both a right and a �.
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