Andrew McGlashan via luv-talk wrote:
Of late, Labor is far too focused on Aboriginal Australia, ahead of anything else -- other things are there, but the emphasis with every major event is to go way over the top for Aborigine people; I think this is a huge mistake.
https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/2017/16-session/NHRIs/Austral... e.g. In 2014/2015, the hospitalization rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women for family violence related assaults was 32 times the rate for non-Indigenous females.43 This issue remains a national crisis. Indigenous women, men and children must be included in national discussions to appropriately identify and address violence. e.g. Many indigenous human rights defenders still experience severe disadvantages compared with non-indigenous defenders. They are marginalised and unsupported by state and territory governments. This situation is compounded by the tendency of the central government to use the federal system as limitation on its ability to exercise responsibility for supporting indigenous rights defenders. e.g. 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)] Sounds to me like a legitimate thing to focus on.