I'm with Don, the male Indigenous incarceration rate in ths country and in
particualr Western Australia is our international perennial shame. In WA
it remains stuck at 5,600:100,000 when, for comparison, in Victoria the
general rate is 80:100,000!
Reconcile that little lot, you upwardly mobile media statements of the
super-duper annuated....
On 13 Sep 2000, at 16:56, Don Clark wrote:
> An interesting make up of well meaning people.
>
> White and black, young and old, abled and disabled, academic and grass
> roots, rich/middle class and poor.
>
> Hold on. I do see academic, maybe I am assuming there are grass roots
> people there.
>
> I do see rich/middle class, maybe I am assuming there are poor there.
>
> Or is this another example of the 'educated, middle class masses' deciding
> what to do with Aboriginal people - the majority of whom do not have the
> access to education or the access to a comfortable life.
>
> Oh dear!
>
> Or am I carping too soon? or missed something?
>
>
> Don
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Trudy Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "news-clip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "news-clip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 September 2000 11:05 A.M.
> Subject: SMH - Big names unite to push reconciliation
>
>
> > The Sydney Morning Herald
> > Big names unite to push reconciliation
> >
> > Date: 12/09/2000
> >
> > A taskforce of leading Australians will promote reconciliation, led by the
> former prime minister Mr Malcolm Fraser and a former
> > Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission chairman, Mr Gatjil
> Djerrkura.
> >
> > The group, which was spawned by last week's "What Makes a Champion?"
> conference, includes leaders from business, the arts, science,
> > education and sport.
> >
> > Among its members are Ms Anne Keating, general manager of United Airlines;
> leading pianist Professor Roger Woodward; entrepreneur
> > Mr Harry Miller; swimmer Shelley Taylor-Smith; broadcaster Peter Thompson;
> businessman Mr Mark Bagshaw; astrophysicist and
> > young Australian of the Year Mr Bryan Gaensler; and magistrate and
> Chancellor of New England University, Ms Pat O'Shane.
> >
> > Mr Bagshaw, who came up with the idea for the group, said its emphasis
> would be on practical measures. "I don't want this to be
> > political, theoretical," he said yesterday.
> >
> > It was a group of people "who want to make a difference".
> >
> > He said that among the suggestions for initiatives was a media series
> showing the problems of remote Aboriginal communities and the
> > contrast with successful indigenous people, as well as a major concert
> focusing on reconciliation.
> >
> > Mr Bagshaw, a marketing manager, is a quadriplegic who is also chairman of
> the disability group, the Ability Australia Foundation.
> >
> > He put the proposal for the taskforce to last week's conference because it
> was clear "people in the room wanted to demonstrate in real
> > terms they were committed to social reform".
> >
> > Ms Keating, sister of the former prime minister Mr Paul Keating, said
> reconciliation had to be approached "as a social issue that requires
> > our joint effort and focus".
> >
> > Mr Fraser said the fact such a diverse group of Australian leaders could
> come together so quickly in support of this crucial issue "gives
> > further hope that we can and will work together as a nation to achieve
> true equity for all Australians".
> >
> > Mr Djerrkura said this "exciting initiative" would show the power of
> bringing together a world of talent and experience to achieve social
> > reform.
> >
> > Michelle Grattan
Reconcilliation is preaching to the converted, or at worst, the
convertable. What about the red necks, and then the structural managers,
many of whom appear in the above august listing....
ta ta,
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