Dear Loudmouth,

Calling your website www.firstsources.info is a bit of a misnomer isn't it. I gave you some first sources and you have rejected them out of hand.

What you really needed to do was call it www.firstsourceswhichagreewithmyworldviewandtherestbedamned.info

Far closer to the truth one feels.

Dear Joe,

Why don't you read the links I've given?

They do answer the questions you're asking
especially the Information Booklet from the
Law Department of Melbourne University on the
Uluru Statement. It explains quite clearly.

Individual,

Try reading the information first and
then make judgements. It may clarify
things for you.

Thanks Steele. When you've put years into transcribing documents, as they are, no alterations, let me know.

And what documents are you referring to that I've rejected ?

Foxy,

When I tried the link re Uluru it didn't work.

The point of contention in the Uluru Statement. and what ultimately led to its rejection by the Turnbull Government, was the call for an Aboriginal voice to parliament. Turnbull simply pandered to the hard right of the Coalition and rejected the call with the lie that a voice to parliament would be a de facto third chamber of parliament, not true. Nothing of that sort was suggested, or implied in the Statement. The notion that a toothless feel good preamble added to the Constitution should be sufficient to "shut the wingers up" does not wash as well.

//It was recently said by a commentator// that commentator wasn't your rednecked mate Cory Banana by any chance. Then who was it? I'm interested.

ttbn, have you ever spent days living with 200 or 300 indigenous people, eating, speaking, sleeping, even washing with them. Listing to them speak endlessly in their native tongue, trying to follow their protocols etc, and greeting each and every one of them personally, at all hours of the day and night. All this, and being the one and only white fella there. All of my white rello's, on my wife's side stay away from such gatherings, I don't identify as Aboriginal, I suppose I could if I wanted to.

Referendums have a good chance of passing in Australia when there is bipartisan support.

Joe, 1979 you say, 40 years ago, maybe, just maybe, things have changed in 40 years, things move on, people move on, I know myself and my thinking has moved on in 40 years, how about you and some of the others on here? That thought bubble you speak of, it seems to be filled with lots of 1950's thinking, certainly by some on here. Lyall Munro, now there's a blast from the past. I remember Lyall in Redfern all them years back. Was a fiery customer the old Lyall back in those days.

Fox, just watched the DVD 'First Contact' again. Ray Martin is a bit plastic, but the content is good, if you haven't seen it, its worth a watch