Hi Rod,
It's not so much the slowness of the report but the way it was introduced. Taken
together with the Reeves
review I believe that Ramsey is right about Howard's intention to destroy the Act.
Based on what you've seen Howard do in the past three years and the underhanded,
sneaky way in which he
operates what do you expect him to do in this case? Any predictions?
I have some gut feelings on that but I would like to hear what you think he will do.
Trudy
Rod Hagen wrote:
> At 02:50 PM 10/4/99, Trudy and Rod Bray wrote:
> >I am posting this article to the list because it is of the utmost importance
> >that everyone read it and not just the people on my newsclip list.
> >I believe that this is something we should all become involved in so that
> >we can
> >do our best to prevent Howard pulling off another land grab.
> >This is a blatantly racist manoeuvre and the 'world' should be told so.
> >Please post your suggestions on how best to fight this latest dispossession!
> >
> >Trudy
> >
>
> Mm, its an interesting article , but I'm not sure that it reveals anything
> particularly different in the way that claims under the NT Land Rights act
> are dealt with by the Federal Government. (unless Ramsey knows something
> that he is not telling us here).
>
> There have always been very extensive delays (often longer than the one
> involved here) between the presentation of Aboriginal Land Commissioner's
> reports and the formal acceptance of them by government. They have also
> almost always been introduced into parliament with very little fanfare.
>
> The thing that , in fact, strikes me as most remarkable about this
> particular claim is the delay between the completion of hearings and Gray's
> report. Two and a half years! I'd heard that , for all his virtues (he has
> generally been seen very positively by indigenous groups), Gray was a bit
> on the slow side but that is pretty outrageous!
>
> The Elsey matter is certainly one worth keeping an eye on, but I wouldn't
> see it as one of the real "frontline" issues here yet.
>
> The suggested amendments to the legislation a la Reeves review however, do
> require some more serious thought. (Unfortunately the issue is a complex ,
> difficult one which it is not easy to turn into a simple campaign)
>
> Cheers
>
> Rod
>
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