On 06/04/18 11:26, Trent W. Buck via luv-talk wrote:
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.
I agree this needs to be fixed.
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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.
I agree this needs to be fixed. Although today, any normal law abiding citizen whom wants to be involved in a peaceful protest will likely think twice about being involved as the militaristic actions of the police forces are overwhelming and over the top; a peaceful protester whom has done nothing wrong can be pepper sprayed for the enjoyment and entertainment of "law enforcement", you can have your hearing permanently damaged with noise canons, you can be blasted with "non lethal" but at times still actually lethal or otherwise serious injuries with the use of rubber bullets and other projectiles /that are safe????/ ... this is a problem of the government against the people, not of any one group of people in Australia.
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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. Do not screw with the Australian Constitution, it isn't worth the risk; do not screw or entertain any ideas of a treaty -- the world has moved 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. They need to live as close as is reasonably possible just like any other Australian person, particularly any other one that is born here regardless of any historical family origins. A.