- freebooter
- Jul 7, 2009
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Jesus Christ
quote:61
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
3.92.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Citizens shall
be treated the same as all other Australian Citizens except
that some may choose to lead a traditional lifestyle in
designated areas of the outback away from mainstream
communities.
3.93.
The Parliament shall decide what areas shall be
available taking into consideration the national interest
and the wishes of the persons involved.
3.94.
Such persons shall be allowed to live such life styles
free from any assistance or interference by mainstream
agencies such as the Police, Welfare, Education, Taxation
Chapter 3 – Rights and Responsibilities
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and Medical Services. Such persons shall have no access
to money, alcohol or drugs and shall be protected from
mainstream society.
According to the 2006 Census there are approximately 517,000
indigenous Australians; that is 2.5% of the total population. Of
these, only 26% or approximately 134,000 live in remote or
very remote areas; that is .6% of the population of Australia. It
is these people most likely to choose a traditional lifestyle. The
remainder of the indigenous population should be treated the
same as all other Australians.
Over the last 100 years many programs have been designed
and implemented to assist Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
overcome perceived disadvantage. All have failed. In fact, as a
result of past policies Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders are
now worse off than they have ever been.
Past policies have failed because they tried to achieve
assimilation and segregation at the same time. Policies
have tried to give Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders the
advantages of Western society such as health and welfare
services and at the same time preserve traditional cultures by
allowing these people to live in remote communities. There is
no hope of creating viable, meaningful, Western culture jobs in
remote communities; so the people are condemned to welfare
dependency with no pride and no hope. Consequently, not only
is there a breakdown in law and order in the Western society
sense, traditional culture also breaks down.
On the other hand, many Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
brought up and thoroughly integrated into western society
acquiring happy and integrated family relationships away
from disordered family connections have proved to be happy,
competent and contented members of main stream Australian
society.
Part Two – The People
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The above policy gives Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
a clear choice. They can choose to live a traditional lifestyle in
isolated country areas not otherwise required by mainstream
society or they can choose to live in mainstream society with
all the rights and responsibilities inherent in that. For this
policy to succeed, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and
main stream society will require help to overcome prevailing
cultural barriers.
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders should be encouraged
to preserve their languages and customs in the same way
immigrants have preserved theirs.
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- freebooter
- Jul 7, 2009
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Gee I wonder who they're talking about here
quote:22.3.
Persons invading Australia shall be repelled at
our borders. This provision shall apply whether or not
the invaders wear uniforms.
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- freebooter
- Jul 7, 2009
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Sort of want to read the right wing newspaper articles at the time to see what was actually being printed at the time. Or was the right of Australia for it due to the whole them fleeing from communist and everything? From what I've read despite some pretty decent general acceptance of the Vietnamese refugees there was still quite a bit of yellow peril/Asians are going to take over Australia crap, going on a the time.
Read this in the Monthly the other day (whole article is great and worth a read):
http://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/...campaign=buffer
quote:The public has long been opposed to asylum seekers arriving by boat. Malcolm Fraser’s decision in the mid 1970s to take in Vietnamese boat people might be one of the most politically unpopular ever undertaken in Australia – it had less than 10% support when enacted. Even Fraser started talking about deportation once significant numbers of onshore arrivals started. The golden age of asylum policy in Australia wasn’t golden, and it was never popular.
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