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Tears in the Fabric of 'Recognition' ?
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So what would be the relevance of a Treaty here in Australia ? Between the Australian government, representing all Australians including Indigenous Australians, and whom ? 'The Elders,' she said. Who are ? Anybody who claims to be one, including people the same age as my kids ? Representing whom ? The people in their 'groups' ? What, 'tribes' ? 'Clans' ? Who, in the 75 % of Indigenous people in cities and large towns, would know which particular group/tribe/clan they were descended from ? What about the overwhelming majority of Indigenous people who either couldn't give a damn about a Treaty, or are actively hostile, both on the 'Right' and on the 'Left' ?
How does a nation organise a Treaty with a part of itself ? Where does it leave Indigenous people who want to have nothing to do with a Treaty ? Will they thereby become less Australian, more 'Indigenous Nation', like it or not ? What impact would this have on their rights as Australians ?
And what on earth would be IN such a Treaty ? Protection from outsiders ? An official ceding of sovereignty (since that's really what the Waitangi Treaty was about) by Indigenous people/groups/tribes/clans/elders to the Crown ?
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