hello al , i suspect your're a bit trickey , and a sense of humour too !! cheers, oh , and don't forget to have a good lie down this weekend ...for all our sakes , kartiya .

al, the degree of my aboriginality matters not to me and alters not my connection to this land. how do you know whether i am a contributing member of society or not? you dont, yet you are quick to judge all aboriginal people based on a false presumption.

for your information, my grandparents worked and contributed to their community - had their wages stolen too right up until the year before i was born, my parents both worked and contributed to their community - my father had wages stolen too, and i have worked all of my life as well.

dont particularly care for your preachin either, it is rather ignorant and biased.

Say what you want,by the looks of it its only you Aboriginals that are complaining anyway,keep up the insults and the child-like behavour,IT ONLY PROVES MY THEORYS EVEN MORE.
Thats what they are,theorys,they not gold,set in stone,laws,so get over yourself and move on.

theories? im afraid i dont really understand what you're talking about, al. i wasnt addressing a theory put forward by you, rather a racist and ill-informed comment.

by the way, this degree of aboriginality business, seems to be the new motto for aussie red-necks - 'well, you're not really aboriginal unless you are a full blood'. these same racists however reinforce the aboriginality of many people who are not full blood but have a higher degreee of aboriginal blood than non.

eg if an aboriginal person in sydney goes into a real estate to rent a house, yes they look aboriginal, not exactly full blood but u can see it, the real estate people make a racist mental note which will influence their decision. or an aboriginal kid goes to school in brisbane, again not full blood but u can see it, they get teased and called names based on their race and some teachers act differently toward them as well.

then later on those same people, and others of their ilke, turn around and say oh you're not a real aboriginal because you are not full blood. but in every other facet of life white society is quick to judge them and put em in a box, all aboriginal people in fact. hypocrites who'll call you an abo/coon/boong to put u down and then tell you you're not aboriginal to deny you your rights.

just because there are aboriginal people with white blood in them doesnt mean they're not aboriginal. many, many aboriginal women were raped and bore half caste children during the colonisation of this country. they had no choice in the matter and neither did the off-spring of those women. the rapists never took responsiblity for their actions or their children and the government was well aware of what was going on.

hello al , perhaps you could do some questioning of your own theories . when you you see any person lacking love and "in a sad state of repair" begging in the street or drunk down in the park it may be a good idea BEFORE you condemn them to ask them or find out how they got to that desperate state ? remember we are ALL born the same colour and not beggars , whingers or want to be drunks - black or white . look behind who and what you see ,you may see similarities with aspects of your own life, family or friends .

this theory of yours " get over yourself and move on " seems to imply whatever is causing the problems should be ignored , it's a cop out answer Al . why not work on solutions with all parties ? the "get over it " attitude hasn't produced a decent result yet to solving massive,complex social problems .

You want to talk about housing,down here in Melbourne you have to be a god to be able to rent a house,its simpler to buy one considering all the ''garbage'' you have to go thru to be able to rent,just to be ''approved'',only to be subject to this countrys discusting eviction laws where you can be givern a eviction notice after 2 weeks of being behind in the rent,if you know anything about social issues that is a very easy situation to be in if your a low-income earner or had a month of problems,and it does not matter what country your from,if your black,white red,asain, arab,whatever, you will be explioted for the sake of a landlord.
This is Australia where you can be sure you can be punished for almost anything,and you can do nothing about it,again this is Australia where you only obtain fairness,oppurtunity,justice or success on the size of your bank account,so dont state once again your the victim,''its only happining to the Aboriginal people'',most people in this counrty are suffering due to a new class divide,its called ''the havs and the have nots''.
And do you know what the main problem is(among many)the people making the decisions(across all aspects of Australian life)do not have to face the consequence of that those desisions,with the notoble one being financial,untill this is fixed,untill the people are removed and replaced with desision makers that look at all consequence of thier actions,this counrty will continue to be only for the ''havs'',so as the ''havs'' say,and by the way i am a ''have not'',GET WITH THE PROGRAM AND PUT UP WITH IT.