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The 1937 manifesto of the New South Wales Aboriginal Progressive Association, which had sibling organisations in other states: 'We have no desire to go back to primitive conditions of the Stone Age. We ask you to teach our people to live in the Modern Age, as modern citizens' How times have changed!
If Galarrwuy Yunupingu were still alive, he'd be a shoo-in for Yarralumla. For my money, that makes a coy Tom Calma, co-author of the Voice blueprint, the short odds favourite. Think about it: such an appointment would serve as balm for the hurt feelings of the Yes movement and, given his republican sympathies, a boost for the PM's favoured cause
Almost 20 years years have passed since the ugly scenes on one of Sydney's most famous and best-loved beaches, time and agendas obscuring the full truth of what happened there and later. Make no mistake, the Cronulla Riot was a disgrace, but that is only part of the story. Here is the rest
Defeated at the polls, the Albanese government, according to Linda Burney, is actively seeking to implement what might be called Voice-Lite via local and regional bodies. Australians who voted 'No' are entitled to feel scammed, but not Canberra's eager bureaucracy
You might almost call it the very essence of consensus, the way Australia's peak scientific and research organisations went all-out to back the Yes case, most advancing their cause with nebulous arguments distilled from torrents of misleading assertions and feel-good cliches. As you might expect, defeat has prompted an eruption of pique and disgust directed at fellow Australians