Everybody,
Please, please check the address you are sending from if you are trying to
extract yourself from the egroups mess!
Don't send it without changing the recoznet2 address to your own.
Thanks,
Trudy
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That one was sent by Lance, as far as I can tell.
I don't know why he posted it twice.
Trudy
Peter McGrath wrote:
why do i keep getting these
At 05:58 AM 7/6/99 +, you wrote:
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from the radical scientist list on egroups. Ian Pitchford has just emailed me to
say that he has taken recoznet2 off his address list for the group.
He doesn't know who signed us up and he finds it all very strange.
Once again, please don't answer these list invitations by hitting reply.
Hi Suzie,
I appreciate your advice and yes, it could have been someone angry with the list
although there was no prior
indication of this.
I believe that this happened due to an error. Apparently, egroups has been having
problems in the last
little while and it could be that the error spread.
Rod,
I thought you might be interested in the letter appearing today(there was
another, ill-informed one but it wasn't online in it's entirety.)
Trudy
SMH - Letters Page
http://www.smh.com.au/news/9907/08/text/letters.html
Myth and memory
The sloppiness and bias which make Ben Hills's
Senator Lees is starting to sound more and more like the Coalition government.
The first taste of power is accompanied by a new arrogance.
It may be that Senator Lees will be too busy fighting for her political life to
target anyone - let alone Senator Brown. Senator Brown has yet to sell out
(Forwarded) GUNDJEHMI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION UPDATE 8 (7 JULY 1999)
As hot from the press as it gets:
MEDIA RELEASE
For immediate distribution
Wednesday 7 July 1999, 10.30 pm
AUSTRALIA RETREATS IN
Now that I have your attention.please delete any notices from egroups!
DO NOT ANSWER the messages - just delete them.
I have been in touch with the owner of radical science and apparently someone
signed us up for a second time on Wednesday.
He has set all subscriptions for approval now
Thank you, Carol.
I am glad that you find the articles useful and that others do too.
Cheers,
Trudy
NQCC wrote:
Trudy
Just wanted to say a very warm thank you for the service you perform. I send
many of the environmental stories out to a wind range of people who in turn
are also very
of tabloidism that they give into every now and again. Unfortunately, for
those not in the know,
this gives it a credence that it would not otherwise have.
Trudy
Rod Hagen wrote:
At 10:10 AM 10/7/99, Trudy and Rod Bray wrote:
No sign of your balancing letter here, Rod. Have you heard from them at all
The Sydney Morning Herald [Print Edition]
July 10, 1999
Belittling of culture disguised as debate
by Robert Lee
RELIGION and politics, a whitefella once told me, are not the subjects of polite
conversation. So why is Aboriginal religion such a regular punching bag for
commentators? Is it
NINEMSN online polls
Should Labor undo the GST if it wins government at the next election?
Yes: 46% (1783)
No: 54% (2072)
Do you agree with the PM John Howard that Australians have no interest in a
republic?
Yes: 33% (1210)
No: 67% (2476)
Do you think the fraud charges against former
Sorry.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/06_feature/story_240.asp
Liam wrote:
what's the URL, Trudy?
NINEMSN online polls
Should Labor undo the GST if it wins government at the next election?
Yes: 46% (1783)
No: 54% (2072)
Do you agree with the PM John Howard that Australians have no
http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/
How do you rate Tim Fischer as Deputy Prime Minister during his term?
Trudy
PS Funny during all the praise heaped upon him, noone seems to have remembered
the 'bucketloads of extinguishments' the 'bloodsucking land councils' and other
such 'moderate'
Forwarded with permission from Christine Howes:
From: Jen Tsen Kwok
Subject: ANTaR QLD: CERD campaign
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 10:35 AM
Dear everybody.
On the 19th March 1999 the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination (CERD) found that the native title amendments created by
From: Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Folks, this from John Hallam, acti-nuclear worker at Friends of the Earth
in Sydney, who has coordinated this massive faxing effort over the last
months.
Please remember, Paris time is about 8 hours behind EST; so even up to
lunchtime
SMH - Letters page
Hard call without fieldwork
Your report "Trouble in the myth business" (Herald, July 3) cannot pass without
comment.
The article portrayed Dr Brunton as a whistleblower, ignored for criticising
indigenous interests.
Ben Hills claimed Dr Brunton left academia because he was
From:
Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, folks.
If matters go as according to the provisional timetable for the Committee
meeting, they're due to make a decision by about 1.30 pm Paris time.
According to the Northern Territory phone book that's 8.30 pm NT time,
The Australian
Coalition victory on Jabiluka
By MEGAN SAUNDERS
13jul99
THE Howard Government last night persuaded the UNESCO World
Heritage Committee to decide against an immediate endangered
finding for Kakadu National Park over the Jabiluka uranium mine.
In a significant
SMH
GLOBAL INEQUITIES
Three families top 600m poor
Date: 13/07/99
London: The combined wealth of the world's three richest families is greater
than the annual income of 600 million people in the least
developed countries, according to a United Nations report released yesterday.
Economic
Ninemsn online poll
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/default.asp
Should UNESCO list Kakadu as being in danger because of
the Jabiluka uranium mine?
Trudy
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7:30 Report ABC TV
Transcript
12/07/1999
Weipa youth stage second Croc
Eisteddfod
MAXINE McKEW: The Rock Eisteddfod is a
well-established event on school calendars throughout
Australia's big cities. 40,000 pupils from 400 schools
perform their music and dance routines each year,
culminating in
Person of the Year
Mr Bob Randall, (Northern Territory)
Alice Springs NT
Tel: 08 89511344
Mr Bob Randall has been an active campaigner for the advancement of
his people since the 1960's. He was born at Tempe Downs in the
Northern Territory and is a member of the Pitjantjatjara nation.
Music has
Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation update
***
Hi, folks,
The purpose of this update is
1) to provide more information on the outcomes of the World Heritage meeting.
2) notification of two events organized by endorsed
Forwarded from Christine Howes:
JABILUKA ACTION GROUP (Qld)
Ph: (07) 3846 0246 Fax: (07) 3846 0246
MEDIA RELEASE
TUESDAY 13 JULY 1999
WORLD HERITAGE 18 MONTH SUSPENSION
WILL PROVE KAKADU IN DANGER
After yesterday's Extraordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee, it
was found
SMH - Letters page July 18, 1999
Land rights law better left alone
We were in the Parliament that introduced then passed the Aboriginal Land Rights
(Northern Territory) Act 1976.
We all voted for the passage of that Act.
The Act has worked well and has brought benefits to the Aboriginal
Forwarded with permission from Christine Howes:
300 SPANISH ENVIRONMENTALIST GROUPS CONDEMN UNESCO DECISION
THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE WAS RELEASED IN MADRID SPAIN BY ECOLOGISTAS EN
ACCION, A COALITION OF 300 SPANISH ENVIRONMENT GROUPS ON 13 JULY.
Madrid, Spain
13 July 1999
Ecologistas en
THE AGE
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990719/news/specials/news4.html
July 19, 1999
The opinion business
ROBERT MANNE
IT IS an illusion to believe the present John
Laws case - where bankers were willing to pay
a talkback radio host a secret $1.2million to
spruik on their behalf - is the
Forwarded from:
Deaths in Custody Watch Committee (WA) Inc
NOTICE
CRIME PUNISHMENT - WA PRISONS TODAY
1. A Public Forum is to be held in the Christ Church at
Claremont at 2 Queenslea Drive, Claremont, on Wednesday 28th
July 1999 commencing at 8pm.
SPEAKERS:
· Peter Foss -
ABC News:
Women's group raises doubts
over some land claim evidence
Tuesday 20 July, 1999 (11:53am AEST)
A rural women's lobby group wants answers from the
Australian Anthropological Society regarding recent
allegations of dishonest and illegal activities by
anthropoligists relating to
http://www.smh.com.au/
The latest Herald/ACNeilson poll in NSW shows among other things:
"The Democrats dropped a point to 4 per cent, the Greens rose
one to 5 per cent, Independents and others each dropped a point
to 3 per cent and One Nation dropped two points to 4 per cent,
half what it
For anyone who is interested in this subject and in what they let Monsanto feed
them:
On Channel Nine at 7:30 pm this Sunday, July 25, 1999
"LOOK WHATS COMING TO DINNER
July 25, 1999: Reporter - Ellen Fanning; Producer - Stephen Taylor
Genes and greens
Depending where you stand on it,
REPEAL NT MANDATORY SENTENCING LAWS CAMPAIGN.
YOUR HELP NEEDED TODAY - CAST YOUR VOTE FOR SANITY
If you were outraged by the fact a homeless man got a year's
jail in Darwin for taking a towel, here's your chance to take
some positive action to restore the true spirit of the rule
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank-you for your email expressing your friends concerns about mandatory
sentencing in the Northern Territory.
I have forwarded your email to the authorities and thank-you again for your
concerns.
Yours sincerely,
Liz Harkin
Northern Territory Holiday
Forwarded bounced message for Brendan Thomas:
The Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council (AJAC) is a council of Aboriginal people
established in 1998 to provide advice to the NSW Government on Law and Justice
Issues effecting Aboriginal people in this state. The NSW AJAC will be
distributing a
I am posting this for Helen in case someone can help her with her second
request. I will take care of the articles.
Trudy
Hey Trudy,
How are you?
Firstly, I will tell you that I am the girl looking for clippings on racial
discrimination for an assignment.
Well I dont really know what
ABC TV 7:30 Report
Transcript
26/07/1999
SA takes a different approach to
Aboriginal custody
KERRY O'BRIEN: Aborigines and Torres Strait
Islanders make up less than 2 per cent of the Australian
population but they account for almost 20 per cent of
prison inmates.
It's now almost 10 years since
Further to the Anthropology debate
Published in today's Sydney Morning Herald
"Uncorroborated"
I refer to an incident first reported by Dr Tim O'Meara (Anthropology program -
University of Melbourne) in a letter published in the
Herald (July 10) and cited in two recent articles published
ABC News
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 6:59 AEST
Campaign by email waged
against mandatory
sentencing
Australians Against Mandatory Sentencing has
begun waging an email campaign aimed at the
Northern Territory Tourist Commission.
The group's Bruce Reyburn says members
have suggested people wanting to
Forwarded for Bruce and the fairgo group:
SUCCESS!
Australians Against Mandatory Sentencing now exist in the
world outside of email!
I did not hear it myself but we made the ABC radio news.
PLUS - i was interviewed live on ABC radio this morning.
The ABC said that we were based in Alice
Forwarded by Les Malezer, Deputy Chairperson
National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title
NIWG from Geneva
HERRON ADDRESSES THE UNITED NATIONS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Minister John Herron today told
the United Nations there had been a
Forwarded from Christine Howes:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Qld. Media statement - Minister Announces Land Court Appointments
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 9:51 AM
Environment and Heritage/Natural Resources, HON. RODNEY WELFORD
30/7/99
Minister Announces Land Court Appointments
Minister
ABC NEWS
Philosophers suggest slavery as alternative to welfare
The World Today - Thursday, July29, 199912:31
COMPERE: With few new ideas from either the Government
or the Opposition on actually getting the long term
unemployed back into jobs, two South Australian
philosophers have come
If this is a correct result and not fiddled with by ON supporters, then we have
a lot of work to to!
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/06_feature/story_240.asp
19 July:
Should PM Howard include reconciliation in the preamble to the Constitution?
Yes: (1208)
No: (1830)
Trudy
He wasn't an Aboriginal man, Lance. He was a white man whose fair skin and blond hair
led people to nickname
him "Nigger". Like calling a tall man "shorty".
"Nigger" is a derogatory term and it is perfectly understandable that some people take
offence at this. The
fact that other Aboriginal
On ABC TV tonight: 10:10 pm. Compass
Rainbow Spirit Theology
(In another coup of masterful expression...) Looks at the contentious issue of
incorporating traditional Aboriginal 'mythology' into Christian 'theology'.
Quotation marks are mine.
The put-downs are very subtle but they are
Thats all Im saying - Actions always speak Louder than Words.
And sometimes the actions require a word not be used when someone says they are hurt
and offended by it.
Trudy
Regards, Lance.
- Original Message -----
From: Trudy and Rod Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sen
Lance Kelly wrote:
meanwhile aboriginal men die over simple curable illnesses blindness,
alcoholism, diabetes, and social isolation poor third world housing
conditions
rather than hearing politically correct words what is being done about that?
What actions are being taken NOW?
How
Lance Kelly wrote:
Trudy,
If I was female I would be asking what about the females wheres their
voice?. Would you see this as a problem too?
I dont have a problem with asking for males to speak up, because in the
field of human endeavours they are few and far between. That doesn't
The attached papers, by FAIRA and NIWG, were presented to the meeting of the
Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP)
in Geneva on 26-30 July. The shorter version of Item 7 was read out while the
longer version was tabled. Re Item 11, this paper was
tabled but not read out, as the time
I received a reply (actually two identical replies to two different letters)
from the NTTC and the NT Chief Minister, Denis Burke, this morning.
I have no qualms about posting it since it is obviously not a letter but a
standard piece of propaganda.
Australians against mandatory sentencing - and
I think the 'males', 'colourful words', etc. thread has reached the point where
it is beginning to circle back on itself and it is time to drop it.
As has been mentioned, this is a forum for discussion of Indigenous issues and
while that is very broad, when a discussion reaches the point where
I just received a message from either Laurie Forde or Susan Forde (I was
distracted and should have waited until I could give it full attention) and I
lost your message. How embarrassing! Hit the wrong key.
Can you send the message again?
Trudy
Aboriginal suffering extreme, says report
AAP -- Australia's Aborigines suffer levels of trauma usually found only among
people who are systematically tortured, subjected to genocide or sent to
concentration camps, according to a government report released today.
The report says almost two
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:41 AEST
Aboriginal communities to
send reps to police officer's
funeral
The Gurindji Aboriginal people, from two
communities south-west of Darwin, are sending
representatives to the funeral of a Northern
Territory police officer.
Sergeant Glen Huitson was killed by Rodney
The Daily Telegraph
Aboriginal Tent Embassy eviction
7aug99
ABORIGINAL protesters have been served an eviction notice to
dismantle their Tent Embassy outside Old Parliament House.
The National Capital Authority says Australian Federal Police will be
ordered to drag away the
Please, if you would like a copy of the Latham/Pearson speeches, please email me
privately - off the list.
Thank you,
Trudy
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To
Stolen generation compensation case in Federal Court
Source: AAP | Published: Monday August 9 2:35:10 PM
Two members of the stolen generation of Aborigines will tomorrow appear
in the Federal Court to sue the
Commonwealth of Australia for being taken from their families.
Forwarded from Christine Howes:
Public Meetings and Visits
Yvonne Margarula and Jacqui Katona will be in Brisbane and other east coast
cities sometime in the next fortnight. Contact your local group to find out
details.
Here is the Brisbane invitation to the public. Many Community groups and
ABC News:
Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:23 AEST
Minister requests 'illegal'
embassy structure removal
Territories Minister Ian MacDonald has confirmed
the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra has
received a letter requesting illegal structures be
removed from the site.
But the Minister's office denies the
International indigenous campaign meets opposition
AAP -- In 1985, leaders of more than 300 million indigenous peoples in over 70
countries started
campaigning for a UN declaration recognising their right to self determination
and land.
But indigenous leaders say their campaign has run into
ABC Lateline no longer carries the transcript of the whole program - just the
introduction.
For those of you who missed the broadcast and have RealAudio, you can listen to
it on:
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/stories/s43004.htm
Trudy
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The article below was published this month in Djadi-Dugarang, the Indigenous
Social Justice Association's newsletter. It was written by Ray Jackson who has
given his permission to reproduce it on Recoznet2.
A DEATHBED RECONCILIATION
Recently the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation have
Forwarded with permission:
THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY IS ON THE MOVE
EMBASSADORS FROM THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY WILL BE EMBARKING ON A
NATIONAL SOVEREIGN RIDE TO SING UP ABORIGINAL SOVEREIGNTY
THE TOUR IS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL AND
CONCERNED GROUPS IN AUSTRALIA
The Democrat minimalist question "to change the commonwealth of Australia to a
republic" was passed by the Senate with some of the government Senators voting
in favour!
Howard will now put up his own referendum question to the lower house again.
Trudy
Forwarded with permission:
Subject: Qld. Media statement - Youth crime prevention forum to focus on
solutions
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 9:18 AM
Families, Youth and Community Care/Disability Services, HON. ANNA BLIGH
12/8/99
Youth crime prevention forum to focus on solutions
Crime
Preamble should be dumped: Dodson
Source: AAP | Published: Thursday August 12 8:39:10 AM
Former reconciliation council chairman Pat Dodson today called for the
preamble to be dumped from the
November referendum, describing the compromise preamble agreed between
the prime
Scrapping bi-lingual education
Don't cut off our tongues!
Australian actor Jack Thompson has joined the growing number of
people throughout Australia who are campaigning against the NT
Government's plans to scrap bilingual education.
He was one of scores of people at a workshop during the
[forwarded for Don Clark]
Hi all,
It seems that some of you did not receive the change of addr*ss is my
previous post. I am therefore re-sending it with the new addr*ss.
My new addr*ss is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am just about to close down the old addr*ss so any mail needs to be sent to
this
Forwarded with permission:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Qld. Media statement - Beattie signs Australian first for
indigenous consultation
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 2:54 PM
Premier, HON. PETER BEATTIE
13/8/99
Beattie signs Australian first for indigenous consultation
Premier Peter
On Thursday 12 August there was a national tele-conference of indigenous
leaders re the revised Preamble.
Media Release from that meeting, (dated 12 August)
"DROP THE PREAMBLE
[text]
The proposed question on the draft preamble to the Australian Constitution
should be dropped from the
PRESS RELEASE
Government Racism Is Not Sustainable
The Howard Government will be forced to change its approach to Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Peoples before the Olympic
Games.
This is the view of the National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title
(NIWG), as representatives of NIWG
From the SMH Citysearch:
location:
Australian Museum
address:
6 College St
Sydney , 2000
cross street:
William St
hours:
Aug 14-Nov 28 Daily
9:30am- 5:00pm
prices:
General museum
admission: $5 adult,
$3 concession, $2
child, $12 family
Australian Cannibal Boomerang Throwers 1885
PRESS RELEASE 16 March 1999
Statement by Les Malezer, Deputy Chairperson of NIWG
CERD Maintains Pressure on Australian Racism
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can claim a significant victory in
their bid for international recognition and defence of their
human rights.
Todays
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
You could email the reporter at the address above and ask her why she or her editor
thought it needed to be
written that way.
Trudy
Bob Durnan wrote:
So, what's with the scare/single quotes then ?? Mr Age??
Mr Gunner was, clearly, stolen.
D.J.McEvoy
Alice Springs NT
Protesters call for Aboriginal
justice
From AAP
18aug99
11.45am (AEST) PROTESTERS gathered outside the Federal
Court in Melbourne today pleading for justice for Aborigines
ahead of a crucial appeal over a big native title claim.
The Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal protesters chanted
UN criticism of Australia's race record
AM - Wednesday, August18, 19998:23
PETER CAVE: Australia's race record has come in for
stinging criticism from an influential UN body despite a
concerted lobbying effort by the Federal Government. As
Mark Tamhane reports, the Geneva-based Committee
Forwarded from Christine Howes:
17 August 1999
UNITING CHURCH PRESSURES GOVERNMENT OVER UN FINDINGS
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal leaders of the Uniting Church in Australia
are unified in pressuring the Federal Government to take seriously the
latest United Nations findings on Australias
Thu, Aug 19 1999 8:09 AM AEST
UN refuses to change view
of Govt's native title
legislation
The United Nations has reaffirmed its decision
that parts of the Federal Government's Native
Title Amendment Act are racist.
The National Indigenous Working Group says
the UN has not altered its
As many people will know, the Yorta Yorta people's appeal on native title
has opened in Melbourne at the Federal Court. The Yorta Yorta are fighting
the Victorian, NSW and South Australian state governments and nearly 500
other organisations.
The outcome of this fight will impact on native
What a novel idea! Have the government prove that Aboriginal peoples didn't own
the land before it was stolen! Of course, it will never fly - it's not weighted
in favour of the beneficiaries of the theft.
Trudy
^^
ABC News
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 9:50 AEST
media release
DEATHS IN CUSTODY WATCH COMMITTEE (WA) Inc.
119 MATHIESON RD ASCOT WA 6104
Tel:61 (0)8 9277-1533 Fax:61 (0)8 9478-4204
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL:http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc
Thursday, 19 August 1999
Casuarina Prison claims another life.
The Deaths
Hi folks, the purpose of this update is to provide information on
developments since the World Heritage Committee meeting of July 12; in
particular:
1) ERA's 1998/1999 financial year full-year summary
2) The text of the final World Heritage Committee decision (for those who
haven't seen it
"Meddlesome priest" is what occurred to me also after I calmed down from my disgust
and anger.
Who was it that said, 'Lord protect me from my friends, I can take care of my enemies'
or something like
that?
Trudy
Laurie Forde wrote:
I think this is a case of carrying the 'Give to Caesar
Australian Financial Review
August 21, 1999
The king is dead; long
live the king
Capital Idea,
By Brian Toohey
The full horror of what Australians are being
asked to approve at November's republican
referendum can only be appreciated by
reference to the text of the proposed alteration
to
MEDIA RELEASE
23rd August 1999
Greens to repeal Mandatory Sentencing Laws
Greens Senator Bob Brown is due to present the HUMAN RIGHTS (SENTENCING OF
JUVENILE OFFENDERS) BILL 1999 in the federal parliament on the 24th August.
The Bill provides that no law of a Commonwealth State or Territory
JUVENILE CRIME
Let judges be the judge
Date: 23/08/99
Mandatory sentencing is inevitably a denial of justice.
By GEORGE ZDENKOWSKI
The Senate is about to consider legislation invalidating all Federal, State and
Territory laws which impose mandatory prison sentences on
juveniles.
A private
PM shifting ground on stolen
generation apology
From AAP
23aug99
12.10pm (AEST) A FORMAL apology to the stolen generation of
Aboriginal children now appears likely, due to a change of heart by
Prime Minister John Howard.
Mr Howard had vetoed an apology because of concerns it could
lead
The Sunday Times (UK)
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/stifgnusa02003.html?999
August 22 1999
Aborigines were the first
Americans
By Sarah Toyne
THE first people to inhabit America were
Australian Aborigines - not American Indians. New
archeological findings have
Below is an article on the front page of the SMH. If any recoznetter has not yet
written the letter to the NTTC [EMAIL PROTECTED] urging them to warn tourists of
the laws in the NT and to urge the government to repeal the law, now is the time
to do it!
Trudy
Hi Liam,
Bruce got the group together. He is just leaving the NT and will be back in the
Illawarra on Monday. I will
pass your message on to the group and see what they think you could do while there.
Trudy
Liam wrote:
I'm gonna be in the NT around the 20th with school, anything I can do
The Australian Government is obviously intending to downplay and mislead public
opinion on the recent decsion by CERD (Committee
on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination). The Australian Government
considers:
"The CERD decision was in line with what we had hoped for. Originally it was
said
http://www.smh.com.au/news/9908/26/text/letters.html
For letters on the 'apology' have a look at the above URL
Trudy
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http://search.aph.gov.au/search/ParlInfo.ASP?action=viewitem=129from=browsepath=Chamber/Senate+Hansard/1999/Spring/25+August+1999items=146
Aden Ridgeway's maiden speech can be read at the above URL
For anyone without web access, contact me for a copy.
Trudy
My first impression is that this 'motion' has the same depth of sincerity
as Howard's description of Michael Hutchins as 'a great Australian product'
was an expression of condolence.
There seems to be an unseemly haste about the whole thing. Could it
be that Howard realises he is running out of
Stolen generation [sic] members dismiss Howard's apology
Source: AAP | Published: Thursday August 26 2:47:49 PM
Members of the stolen generation today reacted angrily to Prime Minister
John Howard's expression of regret in
federal parliament, saying it did not go far
Greens senator attacks PM over apology issue
Source: AAP | Published: Thursday August 26 10:35:26 AM
Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown has accused Prime Minister John
Howard of failing as a leader on the issue of
an apology to the stolen generation.
"He cannot
Motion not enough: Beazley
Source: SMH | Published: Thursday August 26 1:22:50 PM
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley today said Prime Minister John Howard did
not go far enough with his expression of
deep and sincere regret to indigenous Australians.
Mr Beazley moved
From what Howard is saying it is obvious he hasn't learnt anything at all. He
still doesn't understand and is defending the 'well-meaning' and the present
generation.
Daryl Melham is right - this is a political deal.
Trudy
ABC News:
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:32 AEST
Here is an extract of an ABC item on what Pat Dodson had to say:
"The former chair of the Reconciliation Council,
Patrick Dodson, has condemned the resolution,
saying it does little to advance reconcilitation.
"When people pass away in our society we cry
with them. We siddown and we cry with
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