Foxy,

Thanks for that, if only you could meet my partners niece in NZ. Well educated, very good job, articulate, knowledgeable, cultured, you name it she has got it, and a really beautiful person to boot, with no malice, no anger towards anyone. I have had long discussions of a political nature with her and she knows what she is talking about when it comes to her own peoples situation. I told her to run for parliament as a member of The Maori Party, she said no, too many other things she can do at the moment, besides she is only in her 20's. She loves it when aunty comes over, a great time for them both, a time to "catch up" speak language, niece learns much from aunty, about Maori customs, history and protocols etc. We'll be over there in about a weeks time. Niece is very much like aunty, but better educated. If you knew my partners story from her childhood you would expect her to hate the European, but just the opposite has no bitterness what so ever. I don't think I could be that way, under the circumstances.

I agree with Yuyutsu, nobody owns this country - the country owns us - but in terms of the first living creatures here in what many now call Australia, these were the native wildlife of Australia - and there homes were the natural environment - which was impacted upon with all human settlement

Where do I get this background from: being vegetarian - I don't like any person thinking Australia is there country - when it isn't. Go to: http://panique.com.au/trishansoz/animals/australia-animals.html and see why.

Utopia sends a message that many Aboriginal people are not doing well in Australia. I know this is false - as I have two Aboriginal nephews and other relatives from them - and I am of Australian, German, British, Scottish and French backgrounds - Anglo Saxon - there is no such country.

One nephew I have is living in a remote part of the Northern Territory and works as a Park Ranger. So many people seem to get only negative publicity in the media - from "make and sell" documentaries, authors or those who write newspaper articles. These people are paid - and no they are not charities - with some exceptions.

I was appalled with as the documentary, as it was not progressive, it did not highlight the issues facing ALL people living in outback areas of Australia and this documentary was simply a tool to make one person feel better - and push their one sided case. I know this I was selected to go on a study tour about five years ago to outback areas of South Australia - and saw many of the problems people face.

I saw a Documentary at the Adelaide Film Festival - titled "Peace One Day". The director attended the event, and got standing applause from all in the audience - http://www.peaceoneday.org/

@Foxy, Thursday, 12 June 2014 4:43:21 PM

It is disgusting and outrageous that you draw a specious parallel between 'the Warsaw Uprising in which 200,000 Poles were killed by German Nazis and 500,000 more were transported to concentration camps' and Australia's treatment of aboriginals.

@NathanJ, Friday, 13 June 2014 12:54:10 PM

You are right, 'Uptopia' is appalling. It is dishonest, especially for what it leaves out - which indirectly trashes the good work and good intentions of many, many people.

I have done a lot of travel around Australia and to remote areas and can confirm your observations.

What was it that the voters of Australia decided in 1967?

Is Mise,

1967?

There was a massive release of dung beetles.

Unfortunately though the dung beetles do not seem to be present in sufficient numbers to consume the dung produced by Pilger and the whining Left - or at least by the 'Progressive' leftists who claim to be Left and are an embarrassment to those old Lefties who must be turning in their graves.