Re this Smallbone Report:

In defence of traditional society, abuse and violence are by no means unusual. The following extracts are picked at random from the Rv. Taplin's Journal (on my web-ste: www.firstsources.info):

1873: March 27. Served out rations to aged and infirm. Prepared address for evening. Prepared a sermon for Sunday morning. Wrote business letters &c. Went over to Tea Meeting at Pullewewal Schoolroom. Gave an address after.

Saw and had a long talk with Bob Wilson about his marrying. It appears that old Paddy Smith has been getting presents from him under promise to let him have Sally to give away for a wife for himself and on the quiet the old rascal Paddy has been bargaining to give her away to somebody else that she does not like [Wasa].

29. Engaged till 11.30 in serving out government rations to a large number of aged, sick and infirm also in preparing medicines for some of them. Then attended to and made up liniment for a horse which has fallen lame. Prepared hymns and tunes for Sunday. Served out the clean clothes in the evening after evening prayer.

Heard a horrid story today. Some blacks amongst others her own father [Paddy Smith], wanted a young girl [Sally] to have Wasa for a husband and because she would not they forced a large fishing net over her when naked and held her down in it, while the scoundrel forced her through the meshes of the net. It was at Meningie about two months ago this took place. They beat the poor girl cruelly.

And so on and on. Girls raped, women beaten to death, random spearings: you sort of get used to those reports in early documents.

A more comprehensive account can be found at http://quadrant.org.au/opinion/bennelong-papers/2016/04/genuflecting-savagery/ by my mate Tony Thomas. Don't show it to anyone at the Uni of NSW. Yeah, bugger it, go on.

Joe

Beach, another one of your rants! Are you seriously denying that it was not common practice for real estate agents, often acting under the direction of the landlord to refuse rental properties to people with "black skin" for no other reason than the fact they were black.
Only a few months back our Niece was looking for a 1 bedroom apartment in the Bondi area, she was taken to one place by the agent and while she was looking at it, he asked her did she have a lot of Aboriginal friends, She said, no I'm Kiwi. Niece is 30, has a good well paying job in the Eastern Suburbs, non drinker, non smoker and a member of the Mormon Church with references. Do you think if Niece was a blond, blue eyed Anglo Saxon girl, the real estate agent would be asking; do you have many Aboriginal friends, or was the agent one of your types and just applying due diligence to determine Niece's suitability or just a nosy B! An idiot as well can't tell the difference between an Aboriginal and a beautiful Polynesian looking girl She didn't like the apartment and had no trouble finding another near by.

As is common, when aunty (my partner) and niece go into a dress shop, staff watch them like hawks, I'll say something like "You two are being watched by the shop nazi!" while white women go unobserved around the place. I'll say; "You two darkies distract the staff, while this unobserved white redneck stuffs a couple of jumpers up his shirt!" They laugh at that one, I can get away with it.

Hi Joe, Redfern is no bed of roses, well not since the days of Dr Redfern, who had a land grant in the area in the early 1800's, that is for sure, a granduncle of mine died in Redfern living upstairs in a bed sit hovel, dead for 4 days before anyone found him. Recently a friend of mine had his electric wheelchair stolen from outside his place in Redfern (Xmas day). Then there is another mate, Aboriginal, looks like a character out of 'Croc Dundee' on a pension, takes his guitar down around Central most days, does a bit of busking, gets a few bob, buys a bottle or two, shares it with the tribe. then there are the boys who get the war paint on and do a "corroboree" down at Circular Quay for the tourists, a bit of extra dosh. The Aboriginal girls from Redfern who come to our 'Island Nights' great kids doing well at uni, went to ones 18th birthday party a while back, it was a good party, no trouble. For some just surviving is success, and they do what they have to, to survive in this life.

I suppose there are always two ways to deal with a crisis: blame whoever, Uncle Tom Cobbley and his dog, for the situation:

http://capeyorkpartnership.org.au/news/smallbone-report-past-wrongs-to-blame-for-aurukun-crisis/

OR

take all that into account and try to work out what the hell to do about it. As Marx wrote, more or less, the role of the chatterati is always to carp and whinge about a situation - the role of genuine progressives is to do everything they can about it.

I suspect that much of the fluffing around about 'Recognise Now!' is a regurgitation of the distant past and what might have, just possibly, been of some vague value 150-200 years ago. It's 2016. Oodles of water have flowed under the bridge, and it doesn't come back again. The past has happened and it can't be un-happened. A bit of whinging and carping is quite understandable but what do we do about NOW ?

Joe

Paul1405, <"You two are being watched by the shop nazi!" while white women go unobserved around the place. I'll say; "You two darkies distract the staff, while this unobserved white redneck stuffs a couple of jumpers up his shirt!" They laugh at that one, I can get away with it>

You and others with a sizeable chip of their shoulders like you ARE the problem.

Stop being so childish and stupidly provocative and oppositional (esp- to authority), embarrassing all around you and grow up.

Returning to your ridiculous, troublemaking, negative stereotype of property managers and owners, it is usual to expect that applicants for rentals have some proof of successful previous leases and a clean credit history. Or failing that, (say) in the case of young workers starting out, some evidence of student enrolment, employment, good character and again a clean credit history.

Again, it is those who go out of their way to breach contract conditions, are hard on properties and refuse to take normal care of them who threaten the viability of the rental industry and are forcing uo management, insurance and repair overheads and are thereby forcing up rents (and departures of capital from the industry).

Unfortunately Paul1405, your jaundiced self-excusing world views are representative of many of the serial protesters and self-entitled slackers the political mischief makers, to whom the Greens 'Protest' Party has appeal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH_MBwQhGgA

Main stream Media.
Two Australians shot on a drug deal in New Orleans.BIG NEWS.
Hundreds of Cairns kids pushed into prostitution.No news.
The Politically Correct brigade had a field day attacking the Churches.
No mention in Melbourne and Sydney about this scandal.
No wonder I watch RT News for world news.