Aiden, the timing I agree is difficult but no doubt the assimilation
rate is increasing. Remember it has already being going on for over two hundred years.
With the interracial changes that have taken place over the last 70
years or so and the disappearance of difference between aboriginals
and Europeans the assimilation rate must be increasing.

The gathering at Ularu last year wanted a legislative body together
with a Treaty. That would be permanent.
It would establish a privileged class of people that would eventually
be indistinguishable from everyone else.
Even today some aboriginals have light brown hair and blue eyes.

Aiden, just reread your post.
The aborigines will never become the "majority" in the sense you meant.
They will become the majority because they will be merged with us all.
It is like trying to sort out the Saxons among all us Anglo Saxons err
Celtic-Anglo Saxons !

Dear Bazz,

Don't know why you have a problem with this. The Kiwis did it over 150 years ago. Over there you can either be on the general roll or decide to be on the one that votes for a Maori representative in seven reserved electorates.

"In New Zealand politics, Māori electorates, colloquially also called Māori seats, are a special category of electorate that gives reserved positions to representatives of Māori in the New Zealand Parliament. Consequently, every area in New Zealand is covered by both a general and a Māori electorate; there are currently seven Māori electorates."

"Māori electorates operate much as do general electorates, but have as electors people who are Māori or of Māori descent, and who choose to place their names on a separate electoral roll rather than on the "general roll"."

Wikipedia

Seems to work pretty bloody well there so what's your issue?

Dear Hasbeen,

Mate you have spent far more of your life than I have living off the public teat but I don't hear too many words of thanks from you.

And what on earth is this?

“If someone had not come along, like us, they would still be leading a very mean hard life, with a life expectancy of about 35 years.”

In Victoria the full blood aboriginal population went from over 15,000 to just 80 within 40 odd years and you think you have the right to say they were better off? What a racist, sanctimonious, pompous, uncaring, shallow Australian you come across as. Go learn some history my friend.

Telling us what the Kiwis did Steely is surely advising us not to fall for the same trap. One quick glance at the NZ parliament today confirms that.

Incidentally I probably paid for your education buddy. What a waste of money that was.

The question of who's abo and who is not is easy. It won't be long and we won't have any abo's. No not the wannabees. They will hang on for as long as they have something to gain. I have said again and again the only TRUE abo's are the ones with an unbroken blood line. So as long as a pure blood abo has a kid with another pure blood, then that kid is an abo. End of story. All this other rubbish is contrived by those with agenda. If we are to be taken seriously by the rest of the world, we have to stop all the BS. If we want to grow up we must firstly stop treating minorities as special and throwing money at them at the drop of a hat. The next one is a little more difficult. The politicians have to stop stealing millions from us, hidden as back door payments added to the proceeds of large contracts and the like. I have always believed that anyone born in Australia is Australian, and that's it. You can have whatever background you have, but that's all it is, your background. We should NEVER accept an abo calling himself or have any attachment or feeling abo, if their is any non-abo blood in their background. How arrogant are these bloody wannabees, so keen are they to gain from calling themselves abo, that they are prepared to dis-regard and malign the many other non-abo ancestors which form part of their bloodline, family tree and history. As for the Kiwi example, pe-lease, just like our 'SORRY' BS, the Kiwi govt is reaping money out via these stupid nonsensical apologies. Steele R now your numbers are more realistic than those of the wannabees. I would consider your stats because over 40 years the true pure blood abo's died off and that's why the small number. Eventually (in theory) all the pure bloods will die off and that will be the end of the Australian Aborigine. What remains are Australians; with mixed blood.

Dear ALTRAV,

This is not normally my style however since you are so keen on three latter labels, and I always endevour to return a conversation in the same manner it was delivered, let us try on a fresh framing of your logic, just for arguments sake of course.

I am completely clueless how on earth a bloody wog like yourself thinks they can call themselves Australian. Unless you have some Aboriginal blood in you or you or your ancestors fought for this country or you are at least 5th generation then you will always remain just a visiting wog with an inflated opinion of himself. Oh you might want to call yourself an Australian just to access our free healthcare and education, and you might have a pretty little bit of paper saying you are a citizen, and you might even claim to have been born here, but you aren't Australian really are you, you are just a wog. In fact you have a pretty low opinion of this country and its people don't you. I am getting so bloody sick of arrogant wannabe wogs like yourself trying to claim they are true Australians. It is utter BS. You come over here and within a generation you are claiming free services, provided in a good measure by the minerals dug from Aboriginal lands, like it is your right.

So unless you can provide a bloodline from an ABORIGINAL or from someone who fought for this country or from a 5th generation Australian then you really need to stop holding you bloody hand out and living off the rest of us true Australians.

Bloody self entitled wogs. The whole bloody lot of you need to just shut your gobs until you have properly earned your spot.

There we go mate. I tried to encapsulate your logic the best I could. I hope you feel I did it justice. Do you have another one for me? Looking forward to it.