Naughty Conservatives

Conservative opposition to Constitutional recognition of Australia's first people is derailing the proposal. Without universal, bipartisan support it will fail. Instead of working to bring the "Constitutional Conservatives" on board, they are being appeased to the point of abandoning the referendum. Damien Freeman and Julian Leeser are "reluctant to support changes to the constitution that might have unintended legal consequences." However, they do not spell out these hypothetical consequences, which one might assume would be a Judicial extension of Aboriginal rights. The argument is that in Multicultural Australia, all segments of society, racial or otherwise, should be treated equally and blindly before the law. However, Aboriginal Australia is a special case, as these people were the first owners of this country and should be recognised as such. Reconciliation Australia is fighting a losing battle as Aboriginal Australia is gradually being assimilated out of existence instead of being accepted as the foundation of Australian culture.

Constitutionally, what is Noel Pearson up to?

Is the Indigenous leader’s latest manoeuvre veering to the pragmatic or cunning?

theage.com.au

73 people reached

LikeCommentShare

James Perkins and Tom Diprose like this.

Black Diggers | Arts Centre Melbourne

[The link didn't work.  Also posted to Dunkelsitz, another Facebook page that may become a Blog.]

Much more than entertaining theatre, Black Diggers is a masterful exposition of the ANZAC spirit as well as telling an important part of Australian Aboriginal history. Originally from Sydney, it is appropriate that Black Diggers was staged in Melbourne on ANZAC day as it embodies all the elements we learn from the most noble of defeats at Gallipoli, including duty and sacrifice as well as the birth of national pride in Australia and mateship. More significantly, the play restores the forgotten history of the Aboriginal men who served their country despite being rejected as citizens.

 

Black Diggers | Arts Centre Melbourne

 

artscentremelbourne.com.au|By Arts Centre Melbourne

“. . the culture of the political Left has enabled terrorism.”

“. . the culture of the political Left has enabled terrorism.” This opinion piece by Jennifer Oriel is a well reasoned description of how opposition to “any attempt to link jihadi terrorism with anything remotely connected to Islam of any variety” leads to greater radicalisation.” However, New Whig’s centrist view is like trying to balance on a seesaw, where a move one way risks sliding into political correctness that can ends with support for Hamas’s Jew-haters, while the other way can lead to rejection of halal-certification because it might finance terrorism and efforts to prevent Muslims from integrating.

Political correctness shackles the war on terror

Guilty on all charges. When the Boston bombing trial jury handed down their verdict against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev last week, the courtroom was silent. The…

theaustralian.com.au

18 people reached

Queen Camilla

What a deceptive headline! It would be more accurate to say that opposition to HRH becoming queen is falling, having dropped from 75% to 55%. As Her Majesty is likely to reign another decade, by then opposition to Queen Camilla will have dropped to insignificance. New Whig has always supported the Australian Monarchy, admires the Prince of Wales and will welcome Queen Camilla when the time eventually comes. In a few months The Queen will become the longest reigning British Monarch, but it will take another decade to equal France's Louis XIV, Europe's longest.

55% against Camilla becoming queen

Most Britons do not want the Duchess of Cornwall to become queen, a new poll has found. Some 55% of people are against Camilla taking the title if her husban...

dailymail.co.uk

29 people reached