On Friday, 6 April 2018 12:37:31 PM AEST Andrew McGlashan via luv-talk wrote:
The Commission notes that the rich discussion about constitutional recognition have provided fertile ground for the re-emergence of a conversation about a formal agreement between the Australian Government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
[Cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi
Cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Treaty (overturned by Bourke)]
I am totally not in favour of ANY kind of treaty; a treaty will, IMHO, provide every opportunity for Aboriginal people to become the new elite, the new richest of the very rich land owners in this country and all the other bad that comes with improper enrichment of select groups of individuals or races of people. It would turn the balance of power much too far in favour of the relatively few and it a risk of, again, acting in the best interests of the very few, rather than the many.
People said EXACTLY the same things before Kevin Rudd made his historic apology. Of course there were no such changes, it was just propaganda by people who wanted to avoid having white people ever apologise to black people. The only examples I'm aware of where native peoples have received any significant amounts of money due to their status are the tribes in the US that run casinos. The only reason that happened is that wowsers prevent casinos from being built wherever people want them. The next possible way for native people to make some money is through mining rights. I don't think that giving some claim to mining rights to Aboriginals is any worse than giving the same claim to some random white person who flew a plane over the area and filled in some paperwork.
Do not screw with the Australian Constitution, it isn't worth the risk;
In the US to change the constitution there has to be a constitutional convention which then has wide ranging powers to change things. In Australia we have votes on specific changes. So this isn't the country where a constitutional change is a risk.
do not screw or entertain any ideas of a treaty -- the world has moved
Why would that be a problem? Please give examples of some of the treaties that gave bad results and explain why we couldn't do better.
on, help fix the real problems for sure, health, education and fair opportunities, but when you hear of the abuse of privilege that actually apparently exists whereby an Aboriginal person can burn their homes for heating and dump good cars because of any issue and go get another one, well it's just wrong.
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