> From: "Trudy Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "news-clip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:55:34 +1000 > Subject: ABC Newslink - Kennett accused of prejudice over Aboriginal... > Reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Priority: normal > Kennett accused of prejudice > over Aboriginal comments > Friday 19 February, 1999 (3:48pm AEDT) > > The Victorian Opposition Leader, John Brumby, has > accused the Premier of showing Pauline Hanson-style > prejudice in suggesting Aborigines were not Australia's > first settlers. > > Mr Kennett says it is not right to single out Aborigines in > the proposed preamble to Australia's constitution, as they > are but one section of the community. > > He says they probably were not Aborigines when they > arrived in Australia and were more likely to have been > Polynesians, with the term Aborigine developing over the > years. > > Mr Brumby says Mr Kennett ought to apologise for the > comments. > > "You can only say they are ignorant, they are prejudiced, > they are insulting and they are the sort of comments you > would expect from someone like Pauline Hanson," he > said. > > > > ************************************************************************* > 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." > > > > > Is he saying that Aboriginal people invented themselves and the term Aborigines? What does all this demonstrate about Boof Head Kennett? It wouldn't matter if they were martians - they were here first. That is the point Boof Head misses. He is saying to Aboriginal people - 'What right did you have to be on our land before we got here?' Peter Peter Tremain Winan-Gidyal Aboriginal Education Centre Charles Sturt University Murray Ph 060 516706 Fax 060 516865 ------------------------------------------------------- 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."
