My apologies for the typo.

Joe, here's the link again:

http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/selfdetermination/aboriginal-land-councils

Sorry, Foxy, what's your point ?

Dear Joe,

The point is your own statement - to the effect that -
you said - When people actually make
use of resources ... you'll consider reconciliation...

How about it?

Reconciliation and the drive for it is an idea that probably promotes racism as much as it intents to reduce it.
Instead of being angry about it people need to understand there's just no way to change - the past.
What can you reconcile?
Every new generation coming to terms with the truth about their heritage, and finding a way to live with their anger and resentment that lays just under the surface because of it?

Armchair Critic,

Yes, exactly the reason I see reconciliation as a subterfuge for the Commonwealth to sweep the big issues under the carpet.

If you want to fix the problem then start producing treaties and unalienable land rights.

Maybe we should take to the streets like they are doing in the US at present and start asking for Justice.

We've got our democracy now let's get our FN justice to go with it!

There are some things that can't be swept under the rug.

Cathy Astrid Salome Freeman, the humble country girl
with too many middle names, who had carried a nation's
hopes and dreams on her back, and never once let
herself buckle under the weight.

She had, to put it simply and briefly, run bloody fast.
And this time - in the Olympics nobody cared that her
victory lap featured both Australian and Aboriginal flags,
because this time everybody decided to be normal human beings
with reasonable priorities - that's the magic of the
Olympics.