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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl General Discussion >> General Board >> Alienating Indigenous http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1232757390 Message started by Kytro on Jan 24^th, 2009 at 10:36am

Title: Alienating Indigenous
Post by Kytro on Jan 24^th, 2009 at 10:36am

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/24/2473593.htm

Quote:

An emeritus professor from Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory says the nation needs to consider changing Australia Day.

I say it is load of crap. There far more important things to worry about.

Title: Re: Alienating Indigenous
Post by Blasko on Jan 24^th, 2009 at 12:04pm

we've got more important things to do. realistically speaking, even if the day was moved, is it going to lower poverty rates in aboriginal communities? will it improve aboriginal health? reconciliation is better served by action, not symbolic gestures.