The historical reality is that Australian land now equally belongs to all Australian citizens regardless of ethnicity.
Burning Australian flag and dividing Australians on the basis of their ethnic background must be viewed as one of the most serious crimes.
I am calling on relevant authorities to employ the fullest power of law in such cases.

Dear Andreas,

I looked up Australian legislation and International Law
regarding violent behaviour on the web.
It puts things into some historical perspective:

"Until recent years, racist policies and practices
were embedded within Australian laws and institutions.
The most telling examples of these were the removal
of Aboriginal children from their families and the
denial of full citizenship rights to Aboriginal people
and Torres Strait Islander people. Similarly, the
White Australia policy aimed to restrict immigration by
people from non-European backgrounds. Historically,
rises in unemployment have often led to calls for
immigration restrictions and in some cases led to the
scapegoating of people who were seen to be different to
members of the dominant culture."

"While legislation now exists to protect the rights of
all citizens, there is a continuing legacy today from the
effects of these racist practices. Contemporary expressions
of racism which have emerged in recent years relate to
notions of nationhood which are seen as incompatible with
diversity. These racist beliefs may be expressed in
various stereotyped views of who the "real" Australians are."

"For the original inhabitants, Aboriginal people and Torres
Strait Islander people - who were dispossessed of their land
and were discriminated against by the first British and
European settlers the process of colonisation has been perceived
as invasion. It didn't help matters that
racial discrimination has continued to influence
their lives in the two centuries
following white settlement."

"However having said all that - Australian laws as they stand
today make it illegal for people to incite or permit violent
acts to occur. Some people mistakenly believe that public
expression of violent behaviour are legal and an acceptable
form of free speech. In Australia, as internationally, the
right to freedom of speech carries with it certain
responsibilities and restrictions which protect the rights of
others against open hostility."

Aborginal leaders were right to condemn the behaviour that
took place on Australia Day. A peaceful demonstration is one
thing - but violent behaviour is not acceptable and does much
harm to their cause.

I would rather he flag be burnt than wrapped around some drunk yobbo on Australia day or waved in my face by a moron.

Getting away from flag waving ninny's was my goal this Australia day Andreas.

Taking note of how many people around you in your neighborhood adorn their cars with flags on Australia day is a good way of determining how dumb your neighborhood is.

The mere fact that Aboriginals have taken over 200 years to publicly defy the Australian flag, shows you just how civilised they really are.

People arriving from oppression as immigrants also feel the need to wave flags and are second only to brainwashed and bigoted Americans.

Wherever your from Andreas please don't express your patriotism in such a small minded way. Just anglo-size your name.

It's a lot better way to defend your self from the other flag waving bigots who would see the indigenous inhabitants of our country hung from the yard arm for any excuse they could find anyway.

Your only encouraging them Andreas.

Whatever happened to free-speech? Tony Abbott expressed a view about the tent embassy. From what I can ascertain from the media reports, his views were passed on to people at the event in a manner that conflated his words into a message that he was about to come and personally evict people and their belongings from the tent embassy. The events that occurred outside the Lobby cafe and at parliament house on 27 Jan, seemed more to be about people living in the past rather than embracing the many avenues we all have for expressing views and seeking change. Perhaps Andrew Bolt has a valid point in his article "Day of shame shows why we must stop this racial charade" From: Herald Sun January 27, 2012 12:00AM http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/day-of-shame-shows-why-we-must-stop-this-racial-charade/story-e6frfifx-1226254760404

We are continually being told by those of the aboriginal industry that we should learn how to manage Oz from the aborigines.

Well one thing they knew well was how to use the fire stick, to clear rubbish. The greenies would have stopped it if they had been around, but with out white mans law, our first settlers would have given them a hit on the head, & thrown them into the river. Just clearing more rubbish.

They knew that you don't want noxious weeds, & useless junk taking over any previously useful area. They chucked a fire stick into such infestations quick time.

Well that "tent embassy" is definitely a pile of junk, The aborigines would have put a fire stick to it about 39.5 years ago, & that's what we should do today.

We sure are slow learners.