Exclusive to The Australian PO Box 257 Thirroul NSW 2515 24 March 1999 The Letters Editor The Australian Newspaper Fax 02 9288 2824 Dear Editor, "Heaven help us" would be a more appropriate beginning to John Howard's proposed Preamble. Heaven help us overcome the folly of a Prime Minister who does not understand that a Preamble which is not acceptable to all stakeholders at the outset will not survive for long into the 21st Century. Heaven help us overcome the failure of the Howard Government to realise that Australia's First Peoples must be treated as respected cultural partners in key ritual documents as well as in domestic and international forums. John Howard should look very carefully at what happened to his Country-Liberal Party colleague Shane Stone, the former Chief Minister in the Northern Territory. Party room rivals, er, mates, allowed him enough rope for his solo attempt to crash through constitutional reform. Then, heaven help us, they hung him. Yours faithfully, Bruce Reyburn ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."