Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
If they wish to keep differentiating themselves we will never get anywhere.

They are as Australian as you or me.

High time they accepted that they are Australian and we can all move on and forward.

This constant bringing up of the past achieves little but more division

To me the ball is in the court of the Aboriginal community to instigate change.
They for some reason feel the need to constantly pass it to the government to sort this situation out.

Change will not come until they are prepared to accept some realities they ignore
"This constant bringing up of the past achieves little but more division"
Complete BS.

It's the constant ignoring of the past by non-indigenous Australia that causes the division.

Aboriginal Australia has been attempting to instigate change for decades, but government policy limiting self determination has impeded this.

For decades, centuries even, government policy and action has not been about listening to, or respecting aboriginal culture or people, but controlling it.

Indigenous Australians deserve far greater respect than they have been afforded since 1788 and allowing them to speak openly and freely of the way they would like to represented in the constitution should be only another step forward. Having the rest of us tell them "here's your options, pick the best we give you" isn't acceptable for a culture with a longer continuous history than any other on the planet. It's an insult and and embarrassment.

What realities are Aboriginal Australia ignoring?

From what I see, and from those in my community that I speak to, the realities are being faced, and in many communities they are being overcome, largely through community based leadership and open dialogue. Not overriding government control.


The indigenous leaders in this article aren't asking for control of the constitutional change process. They're asking for open dialogue and being able to lead the discussions towards consensus. Why should that be held from them?