I found this on aus.politics. We could let Graeme know how we feel about this
petition!
Trudy
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Subject: Native Title Petition
Date: ue, 30 Mar 1999 23:09:39 +0930
From: Graeme Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: hotmail
Newsgroups: aus.politics, aus.general, soc.culture.australian
http://www.ludin.com.au/~campbell/public.html
Australia is at the crossroads in how we develop as a nation. The
Native Title judgements
have added a new dimension to the future of Australian land title. This
could potentially see
vast amounts of land and resources made inaccessible to industry, and as
a consequence
regional development will stagnate.
This petition calls on the government to hold a referendum to abolish
Native title.
The confusion and lost opportunity being caused by native title is not
offset by any pretense
of Aboriginal advancement. In reality these judgements will have no
bearing on the quality of
life for Aboriginal people but they will drive down the standard of
living for Australians as a
whole.
I fully support all measures that provide genuine assistance for
Aboriginal advancement.
The key to this is in the provision of housing, health, education,
training and employment.
These must be attacked simultaneously, for if one is not addressed then
the whole lot will fail.
Native title is not the answer.
There was no need for the High Court to engage in all the social
engineering that the Mabo
judgments represent. The people of the Murray Islands were entitled to
their land under the
existing law of "adverse possession".
We must remember that the High Court found Native Title in Common Law,
which means
that Parliament can introduce Statute Law to override the Court.
The government will not have the nerve to call a referendum on this
issue. However if we can
get enough signatures, it will send a strong message to the Australian
Labor Party, it may put
some backbone into the Liberal party, and will be a clear warning to the
High Court.
Given the economic uncertainty Australia is still facing, it has
become an issue of national
survival that we stop pandering to the machinations and greed
of small minority groups.
The Australian people have been let down by both the courts and supine
politicians. We must
act NOW to bring to heel "the servants who would be our masters".
We need your help to gather these signatures. Print out a petition and
get as many of your
friends and family to sign it. Petitions presented to Parliament must
have the original signature
and faxed or e-mail copies are not acceptable. Please post your copies
back to:
"Native Title Petition" Box 10398 KALGOORLIE WA 6430
Such a national campaign costs money, which we do not have much of. Any
donation to
cover postage, telephone, advertising etc. will make a substantial
difference to this campaign.
Thank you for your support
GRAEME CAMPBELL
Former Federal Member for
Kalgoorlie
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