I've seen Pauline Hanson on TV reports over here. She doesn't seem very
bright so one assumes she's just a figurehead for more powerful, murkier
forces - any Oz members care to elaborate on who they might be, if my
assumptions correct?
cheers
David
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From: Gillian Savage <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 28 January 2001 04:44
Subject: Aboriginal-led recovery
>In today's Australia, there are industries which can talk in terms of an
>Aboriginal-led recovery.
>
>What a turn-around. The road has led a long way, and still leads on...
>
>http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/28/features/features6.html
>
>
>Nevertheless, Pauline Hanson is quoted in Tamworth on Australia Day as
>saying that she is not opposed to Aborigines, only opposed to the
Aboriginal
>Industry.
>
>I guess these different views reflect a vibrant democracy, and possibly
also
>contribute to it.
>
>I wonder about Alison's comment to the effect that Reconciliation must be
>hollow if John Howard is supporting it. I had just gotten to the point of
>thinking that his resistance to the whole idea had been a very effective
>force which caused the community to focus and articulate the case for
>Reconciliation. To such an extent, that I, for one, am more sure than ever
>that the wider Australian community supports the movement. Now, I'm
>wondering whether, perhaps in widening support, the concept has been
>diluted. Don't know. Don't know.
>
>Gillian
>OZpoet http://www.ozemail.com.au/~gbsavage/ozpoet.html
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