Paul.

"Issy, you continually try to split hairs to create an argument with Foxy, nothing is served by being so cantankerous."

There is TRUTH to be served.

Hi Dan,

//If Aboriginals had any worth to the new colony, enslaving them would be a natural response//

Not sure if that would be the case, as a common treat with slaves is to a take them some distance from their homeland, in that way its difficult for them to turn rabbit and run. The British tried to "enslave" the Fijians to work the sugar plantations in Fiji. This failed, not because the Fijians were unable to work sugar, they simply just ran off. The British then imported "slaves" from India to do the work.

I fail to see the correlation between the Falou hate speech and passively flying the Aboriginal flag from the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

//Sad really, our cultural heritage is considered inferior to the aboriginal cultural heritage.//

By whom? I fully support the rights of Aboriginal people, but I have never thought that way. Australians have struggled with cultural identity in the past, and have at times tried to create something out of nothing, that's true.

Do white Australian actually have a culture apart from money ?

Foxy, a referendum to change be the constitution requires a majority vote in the majority of all the states and that is almost impossible to achieve. The ssm vote didn’t even get a majority vote, less than 50% of eligible voters said yes. And it wasn’t compulsory.
As far as changing the constitution goes to give everyone equal rights, if that happened, then aboriginal people would actually lose some of the benefits they get these days.
You have no idea of some of the extra money given to aboriginal people in regards educational and health support, in comparison with what white people living very remote get.
And where else does the government build public housing on private land, as happens in remote communities?
And who else gets royalties, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars, without having to pay tax or declare to Centrelink?
No, aboriginal people already have more than equality. My children and grandchildren have access to services denied to me and far more choices in life than I ever had.

Is Mise,

Talking about truth?

We have been through this previously with same
sex marriage. I thought that we'd cleared that
up - that of course it was a given that it
was the total turnout - those who voted - that
were counted and you know full well that
YES respondents were 61.6%. The NO respondents
were 38.4%. 0.3% were unclear. And the total
turnout was 79.5%

Dear Big Nana,

All that is being asked is for the people of Australia
to take a stand on this issue. We won't know the
results until they do. However our Indigenous people
are asking for this step to be taken and I personally
can't see any reason that it should not be taken.

Foxy,

"2) I am sure that the majority of voters would
support this.

3) Just as they supported same
sex marriage."

The majority of voters didn't support same sex marriage, only a majority of those that responded to the opinion poll, that is the whole point.