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Nov 24th, 2017 at 11:11pm
 
Racism in Australia to be scrutinised on the world stage


The Australian Government is bracing for another round of intense scrutiny at the United Nations – this time focusing on its efforts to combat racial discrimination.

Despite being a nation committed to fairness and multiculturalism, racism is a growing problem in Australia – one that causes immense pain to racial and ethnic minority communities, and which threatens to tear our social fabric apart.

Next week in Geneva, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will assess Australia’s compliance with a key international law that Australia pledged to uphold to tackle racism.

A coalition of Australian NGOs will brief the Committee in Geneva and present a report, endorsed by 53 organisations. The report documents Australia’s backward slide in the treatment of ethnic minority communities, refugees, people who seek asylum and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Committee is likely to question Australia about its cruelty towards people seeking asylum and the dire situation on Manus Island, which the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called a ‘humanitarian crisis’.

Australia’s poor record on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights will also come under review, including the alarming increase in governments locking up Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and taking children into child protection, the lack of progress on meeting Closing the Gap targets, racist social security policies, and the rejection of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

The Committee is also likely to ask Australia why it still lacks a federal human rights charter to ensure equality for all Australians.

Only last month, Australia was slammed by the UN Human Rights Committee for failing to adequately engage and respond to UN bodies and recommendations. The stinging rebuke came just a month after Australia was appointed to the Human Rights Council.

“Australia will likely be strongly criticised for long-term and continuing racial discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and for not acting on the many recommendations made over past decades from UN human rights experts, treaty bodies and other nations. Since colonisation our status remains characterised by political subjugation, extensive incarceration, and segregated welfare and labour systems. We will be telling the Committee about the urgent need for human rights laws and for the Constitution to be reformed to promote equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and all Australians.”

Rod Little, Co-Chair, National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

“10 years on from the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Australia has promised again to uphold the Declaration ‘in word and deed’ in taking a seat on the Human Rights Council. If it really wants to be taken seriously and do what is right, it needs to immediately work with us and stop imposing things on us.”

“The Australian Government’s relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has been so strained in recent years, it has affected the crisis in our communities. We’ve seen evidence of record disadvantage and mass reduction of services, and almost all the Closing the Gap targets have not been met in the past 10 years. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have the solutions. We’ve laid them out in the Redfern Statement and we’ll be bringing this framework for success to the attention of the world.”

Mary Patetsos, Chairperson, Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils Australia

“Legislation and policies that balance and protect the rights and responsibilities of all Australians regardless of cultural, linguistic, racial or religious background are of vital importance.”

“Australia’s removal of, and attempts to restrict, pathways to citizenship are a threat to the social cohesion and harmony of Australian society, generate fear and uncertainty for migrants and their families, and counter their efforts to construct long term, stable futures.”

Wayne Muir, Co-Chair, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services

“The disproportionately high rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people forced into prison or who experience violence is a pandemic, which is tearing people away from their families and communities. We are calling for the urgent implementation of a national justice target, as part of the Closing the Gap framework, which will force governments to immediately address the root causes and consequences of the criminalisation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.”

“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services work hard, with limited resources to provide culturally appropriate, trauma-informed support services to address underlying factors of disadvantage which have resulted in our people being forced into a school to prison pipeline. However legal services alone cannot address systemic disadvantage. Governments must take responsibility to ensure immediate investment in long-term support services.”

https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2017/11/20/racism-in-australia-to-be-scrutinised-on...

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Reply #1 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 3:04am
 
Great.

The more racist we are and the more the world knows that, the better for us.

Thanks Mothra
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Reply #2 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 3:10am
 

Our goal should to be the MOST racist country in the world
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Reply #3 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 3:29am
 
Australia is a very tolerant country, until minority’s don’t know their place.

Australia has a problem of either ignoring or downplaying our past. And some of it was very nasty.

And, unfortunately whenever our past is brought up we slam those who bring it to light. In fact we try our very hardest to discredit them.

We refuse to acknowledge much of the wrong we have done, we poorer for it.

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Reply #4 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 3:30am
 
How you know you are truly Australian...

A British will tell you that you are a 'Bad Convict'.
An Aboriginal will tell you that you are a 'Bad Invader'.
An American will tell you that you are a 'Bad Racist'.
(all three proudly sponsored by the Media)

Yep - its a 'bad' thing to be an Australian.
Now what would happen if Australia became the world's first 'Artistic' Nation?
Probably paint a picture of how 'bad' the rest of the World is currently  Wink
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Reply #5 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 3:36am
 

Mothra should FRO.

In a week where a black man has been given immunity from prosecution after murdering an estimated 20 thousand people.
A black man that assisted in murdering 20 thousand people has been gifted the presidency of the same country,,, and the world is cheering.
Same week Ratko Mladic is jailed for life.

It seems if you are a black African you can murder with immunity in this world, oh but wait Australia is racist.
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Reply #6 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 3:40am
 
We refuse to acknowledge much of the wrong we have done, we poorer for it.


I think Australians are sick of being accused of the sins of their fathers.

If you can find individuals who have done crimes, by all means prosecute them.

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Reply #7 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 7:37am
 
About time somebody got onto the idea of closing Ayers Rock with a Whitey Proof Fence.... and black listed it.... (snuckles)....
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Reply #8 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 7:38am
 
miketrees wrote on Nov 25th, 2017 at 3:40am:
We refuse to acknowledge much of the wrong we have done, we poorer for it.


I think Australians are sick of being accused of the sins of their fathers.

If you can find individuals who have done crimes, by all means prosecute them.



As far as I am aware, none of my ancestors persecuted Blacks or a Black, or anyone else for that matter.  Aboriginals engage in crime much, and beat on one another a heap... is everyone else responsible for that?

Hand Stonehenge back to the originals for spiritual purposes...  Roll Eyes

200 years enough time to move on and get with the program?
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Reply #9 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 7:46am
 
Mothra thinks that to combat racism there should be one set of rules for Aborigines and one set for everyone else.
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Reply #10 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 7:53am
 
Advantage due to skin colour ... perhaps it's time to swap the advantage from pinkish to a new colour.

Rotating to the next in the list, say every 15 years.

If it's rotating then racism is a level playing field.
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Reply #11 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 8:01am
 
freediver wrote on Nov 25th, 2017 at 7:46am:
Mothra thinks that to combat racism there should be one set of rules for Aborigines and one set for everyone else.


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Reply #12 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 9:21am
 
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Advantage due to skin colour ...

perhaps it's time to swap the advantage from pinkish to a new colour.




Yeah, coz 'black' skinned people all around the world have shown, how much more conscious 'black' skinned people are, of what is right, and of what is wrong.

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PROPOSITION;
Everyone, every human being, would prefer to escape living in jurisdictions where injustice and human corruption and violent crime is rife.

Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.



Amazingly, those people [who have lived amongst crime and violence] always appear so grateful,
whenever they gain permission to migrate to a 'different' jurisdiction, to a place where it is widely perceived,
that       institutional respect for truth        and respect for the rule of law,
tends to make that jurisdiction, much more just and peaceful, and a much more preferable place to live in.

['institutional' respect for truth    i.e. among people like government officials, police, and judges in courts of law, and commissions in law]



Dictionary;
rife = = widespread.    full of.



"Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman



Psalms 15:1
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
2  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
3  He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4  In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.



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QUESTION;
If we all respect [and desire]      the fruits       of merit, and virtue,
and if we really do hate injustice [whenever that injustice comes to our own door],
why is it, that so few human beings are willing show respect for, or are willing to defend, that [only] which brings merit, and virtue, AND PEACE ?

A love of truth.


Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
4  Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
5  And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6  Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.



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Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.


Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.


Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.


Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.


Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.


Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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23  Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!


1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.




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Leviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy:....


Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.


Leviticus 20:26
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.


Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.


James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you....


2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his....



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Reply #13 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 10:25am
 
freediver wrote on Nov 25th, 2017 at 7:46am:
Mothra thinks that to combat racism there should be one set of rules for Aborigines and one set for everyone else.




Why do you always lie?

Or are you just easily confused?

I'm having trouble working it out.
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Reply #14 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 10:28am
 
Raven wrote on Nov 25th, 2017 at 3:29am:
Australia is a very tolerant country, until minority’s don’t know their place.

Australia has a problem of either ignoring or downplaying our past. And some of it was very nasty.

And, unfortunately whenever our past is brought up we slam those who bring it to light. In fact we try our very hardest to discredit them.

We refuse to acknowledge much of the wrong we have done, we poorer for it.



a typical lefty mentality
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