See Issy, you told a porky; "One Aboriginal activist is said to have got a few thousand $$ for performing the ceremony"

No one said that except YOU! You can't name the Aboriginal activist, or who said it, because you simply MADE IT UP. On another thread you hounded Foxy, over and over, claiming no evidence of something, now here you are caught red handed.

Bait the hook and you catch em out'

Paul,

Yes, it must be so piss-easy to find fault wherever you choose to look by dragging up something from the past, and to make impossible (and legally dangerous) demands on others (and at the same time, show your pig-ignorance). Congratulations.

As for identity, I was asserting precisely that one can't just pick and choose - one is raised amongst a specific group of people, and if they all identify as Aboriginal, and are (and have always been) identified by others as Aboriginal (most likely because, of course, they are), then 99.9 % chances are that you would too. And nobody involved would think twice about it. It's got nothing - in that sense - necessarily to do with skin colour or DNA.

Wow, 602 postings on this thread. Is that some sort of record, Graham ?

Cheers,

Joe

Paul.

"One Aboriginal activist is said to have got a few thousand $$ for performing the ceremony"

What's wrong with that, an Aboriginal activist did get paid a few thousand dollars for performing the ceremony; I'll bet Ernie didn't get any royalties; of course, Ernie wouldn't have copyrighted (whatever) the ceremony but it would be nice if those profiting from his talent were to acknowledge his efforts.

Hi there Issy,

"an Aboriginal activist did get paid a few thousand dollars for performing the ceremony" According to you a statement of fact. What I say it is only an assertion on your part. If you said that in court, the defence lawyer would be asking you to name names. Can you?

Can you provide the evidence of an Aboriginal activist getting paid to do what you claim he did, very simple. Name names, was it Freddy Boomerang or Wallaby Bob? Issy I'm trying to help you out here, old sod as I always do, with people giving you Porky Medals for untruthfulness, I'm trying to defend your forum honour.

Foxy, if you are out and about on this, can you cross examine the witness as to his truthfulness?

Your appeal of the Tribunals decision is dismissed. The Porky Medal is all yours. Only fair.

Paul,

I do believe that she could be called an activist:

"Matilda House-Williams, an elder of the Ngambri Clan, went home particularly happy with an undisclosed sum for a welcome-to-country speech of six minutes for Kevin Rudd at the opening of the 42nd Parliament in 2008.[1] She was back (as plain Matilda “House”) in 2010 for Gillard’s 43rd Parliament (fee undisclosed), and again for the 44th Parliament, led by Tony Abbott. This time her fee was disclosed: $10,500, for “entertainment services”. With stakes like that, it’s not surprising that the Ngunnawal clan, led by Aunty Agnes Shea , themselves claimed to be Canberra’s traditional owners. Parliament has now squared the circle by naming both clans as owners.[2].
http://quadrant.org.au/opinion/qed/2016/04/brand-new-timeless-traditions/

Issy this just will not do, you're digging yourself a deeper hole. All that is relevant is last Tuesdays (2nd July 2019) the opening of the 46th Parliament.

You keep referring to 42nd parliament 2008, 43rd parliament 2010 and the 44th parliament 2013. Interesting as they are they have no relevance to your claim, and for possibly the 46th time I'll repeat it.

"One Aboriginal activist is said to have got a few thousand $$ for performing the ceremony."

I've done my upmost to get you off the hook, but to no avail! YOU SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO BACK UP YOUR FRIVOLOUS ASSERTION concerning last Tuesday's 46th Parliament.

Just a little bit of evidence on your part will do, a quote from the London 'Times' or the Washington 'Post'. Something that reads like "Freddy Boomerang, well known Abo activists and man about the bush, was paid squillions last Tuesday to 'Smoke a joint' while opening the Aussies 46th Parliament, in some hicksville they call Canyabery." Have you got anything like that?