> From: "Trudy Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "news-clip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 16:58:46 +1000 > Subject: AAP: Queen 'absolutely' committed to reconciliation > Reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Priority: normal > What a role-model for Howard! --- Trudy > ============================== > > Queen 'absolutely' committed to reconciliation > From AAP > 21mar00 > > 2.00pm (AEDT) THE Queen's genuine concern and commitment to > Aborigines could only advance the cause of reconciliation, Council > for Aboriginal Reconciliation chairwoman Evelyn Scott said today. > > Ms Scott met the Queen privately for half an hour yesterday and > said there was no doubting her commitment to reconciliation. > > "Absolutely, without a doubt," Ms Scott told ABC Radio. > > "Australians hold the Queen in the highest regard and to have her > support for reconciliation, certainly greatly assists our cause for > reconciliation." > > The Queen could play a major role in promoting reconciliation by > speaking out as she had done yesterday. > > Ms Scott would not divulge details of her private meeting, but said > the Queen had made clear at her speech in Sydney earlier in the > day her genuine concern for Aboriginal Australians. > > "I was pleased to hear Her Majesty's concerns about indigenous > social and economic disadvantage," she said. > > "I was surprised ... because many Australians don't recognise > indigenous people." > > The Queen was a delightful, gracious and warm person, and their > scheduled 10-minute meeting had been extended to half an hour, > Ms Scott said. > > The Queen would have an opportunity to see first hand the plight > of many Aboriginal people during her visit to Bourke tomorrow, > and Western Australia later in the tour, she said. > > > > > ************************************************************************* > 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." > > > > > Perhaps the Queen would like to donate a couple of million from her substantial investment profits this year. Education scholarships would be a nice gesture of reconciliation. If the Queen takes her role in Australia seriously, she should lead the way in showing non-Aboriginal Australians what is owed to Aboriginal people. Peter Peter Tremain Winan-Gidyal Aboriginal Education Centre, Charles Sturt University, Murray. Ph 0260 516706 Fax 0260 516865 Fax 060 516865 ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ 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." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
