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Dear Prime Minister
As an Indigenous person I would like to know if ordinary Indigenous people will get the opportunity to represent a voice to you?
Or will it be guided by the current self proclaimed Indigenous Leaders who are not made accountable for their actions, are out of touch with the real issues and continue to respond in the public arena in a manner that is segregating our country and is having an effect of Indigenous people feeling like second class citizen's.
Can you give me a clear understanding of whether you propose to appoint or go with the current self proclaimed Indigenous leaders? to represent me and my family.
The government is accountable to the people of Australia and it is time for Indigenous people to be accountable for our actions in a fair and just way, not by the current hysteria we have now.
There is more to us than educated spokesperson or the uneducated savage.
I will then understand what the years ahead of me will bring as an Indigenous person in this country.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Election of Indigenous Representation
With all the attention focused on Indigenous people in crisis, with government appointed consultants, committees, task forces and out spoken self proclaimed Indigenous leaders. They are all ignoring the most important issue, the right to vote our own representation body.
At no time do the respected Indigenous Leaders bring demarcately elected vote of representation of Indigenous people back on the table.
They are feeding off the kudos of self importance and forgetting to talk to the grass roots, for the exception of government funding trips to confirm they involved in breaching human rights of their own people.
These Elder’s of such are the same people that presided on ATSIC and were criticized by the government for not doing their jobs. Now the same government has them representing Indigenous people issues all over again. If this is not setting the Indigenous Nations to fail once again, what is?
It is time for freely elected Indigenous Representation to be brought to the forefront of discussion. The Indigenous representation we as a nation’s have is an insult, nothing better then puppets of the government.
There are hard core questions of our rights to asked, not just comment’s of putting fires out the government has started.
The state and federal government continue to ignore indigenous rights and go along with old club of Indigenous leader’s that complain about treatment of our own people and still sit on advisory bodies?
The same bodies that oversee ill-conceived, on the run policy based on hype and political positioning for themselves. Indigenous people need independent representation.
A new approach to Indigenous affairs is needed, yet I see them going down the same line of listening to out of touch Individuals. Its time for a change, there is new blood and new ideas. Indigenous people are restricted in opinions that are not theirs. I did not elect the current Indigenous voice to represent me and will not accept their government empowerment to do so.
At no time do the respected Indigenous Leaders bring demarcately elected vote of representation of Indigenous people back on the table.
They are feeding off the kudos of self importance and forgetting to talk to the grass roots, for the exception of government funding trips to confirm they involved in breaching human rights of their own people.
These Elder’s of such are the same people that presided on ATSIC and were criticized by the government for not doing their jobs. Now the same government has them representing Indigenous people issues all over again. If this is not setting the Indigenous Nations to fail once again, what is?
It is time for freely elected Indigenous Representation to be brought to the forefront of discussion. The Indigenous representation we as a nation’s have is an insult, nothing better then puppets of the government.
There are hard core questions of our rights to asked, not just comment’s of putting fires out the government has started.
The state and federal government continue to ignore indigenous rights and go along with old club of Indigenous leader’s that complain about treatment of our own people and still sit on advisory bodies?
The same bodies that oversee ill-conceived, on the run policy based on hype and political positioning for themselves. Indigenous people need independent representation.
A new approach to Indigenous affairs is needed, yet I see them going down the same line of listening to out of touch Individuals. Its time for a change, there is new blood and new ideas. Indigenous people are restricted in opinions that are not theirs. I did not elect the current Indigenous voice to represent me and will not accept their government empowerment to do so.
Aboriginal bid for $1b sorry compensation
Australia is a country that preaches human rights and is first to speak out on atrocities other nations have done or are doing. The truth be known is, its a country with little tolerence for people of different colour skin and cultures.
The media and government are once again are dividing the nation by talking to self appointed Indigenous Leaders who show disregard in taking responsibility in real task at hand of improving the social and well being of Indigenous people.
The Debate of Sorry and Compensation hits frontline news and the native title ownership is a debacle where Indigenous people can not make profit, sell or lease the land, while the big mining companies make millions dollars a day.
The lack of an organised Indigenous voice only show’s the loose canon approach of old blood and old ideas will continue to breed hatred, segregation and indifference as shown by the mainstream Australian people by information that is fed to them through major Australian media outlets.
Australian indigenous people are divided in their answers which has been created by the governments and media to keep us in poverty and while we stay in poverty the power of self determination and progression to better ourselves will controlled by the hidden white Australia policy that has not left us.
The media and government are once again are dividing the nation by talking to self appointed Indigenous Leaders who show disregard in taking responsibility in real task at hand of improving the social and well being of Indigenous people.
The Debate of Sorry and Compensation hits frontline news and the native title ownership is a debacle where Indigenous people can not make profit, sell or lease the land, while the big mining companies make millions dollars a day.
The lack of an organised Indigenous voice only show’s the loose canon approach of old blood and old ideas will continue to breed hatred, segregation and indifference as shown by the mainstream Australian people by information that is fed to them through major Australian media outlets.
Australian indigenous people are divided in their answers which has been created by the governments and media to keep us in poverty and while we stay in poverty the power of self determination and progression to better ourselves will controlled by the hidden white Australia policy that has not left us.
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