Sounds like the history equivalent of the Broncos vs the Knights!

What sneekeepete said.

John Morton,
I don't know what debate you are talking about here but it certainly must have been a different one to the transcript that I read( http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/bolt_manne_debate_transcript/ ). You repeatedly give the debate To Manne but not once do you quote ANY of the actual debate so we are left to take you at your word that and frankly the transcript does not support your contention that Manne was stronger than Bolt on the night.
Perhaps you have a vested interest in supporting the Manne Position on this debate given that you are a fellow academic who's area of interest in the indigenous people of this country.

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah and still the mortatility rates are too high, too many kids sniff petrol, the disease of alcholism is rampant, domestic violence excessive, and public heath issues all too obvious.

But a great debate to focus our efforts on eh?

Keith, you're on the money there. I'd just add high rates of diabetes, renal failure, heart disease, infant and maternal mortality and life expectany 20 years worse than the national average.

Against the background of atrociously poor indigenous health this "debate" seems pretty irrelevant to me.

I have written to Andrew Bolt,so many times,about the stolen generation and his version,but Andrew Bolt just will not accept my commments,no matter how hard I try,I even wrote to the Editor of the Herald Sun,and even he does not practise,freedom and the right of commenting,about,my comments not be given any credit,time after time I make it my business to submit my comments,even if it does not get published,and he talks about democracy,does he really understand what it means,when applied to journalism,it is of course without a shadow of doubt that he Andrew Bolt is a complete rightwinger and racist,and the Herald Sun likewise,is not fit to be claassed as a democratic Freedom of speech media outlet