I recall some utterly ignorant sheilah from some University phishing for information in a Cape York community but she simply just annoyed everyone. When a woman said to her "Ni wati paru" the Academic smiled back as she thought the woman said something nice. Little did she know that it meant ugly face/looking !

Dear Paul1405,

Of course she is. A proud warrior for not only her own people but all indigenous people of this land.

Every strength to her arm.

Abbott and Bishop in comparison are slimy, disingenuous, privileged pieces of odious political bastardry who should be consigned to the backwaters of the nearest sewerage pond where they belong. Why are you even mentioning them in the same breath? both disgraced and both right-wing trash of the worst order.

Talking about Prof. Marcia Langton.

It's worth mentioning her book:

"Welcome to Country: A travel Guide to Indigenous
Australia". I gave 2 copies as Christmas gifts
to my daughters-in-law. They're keen holiday
travellers. I thought they may visit places they
may not have known existed in their own country
and learn something along the way.

Also for anyone else interested in Indigenous peopl
and their experiences there's another great read in
"Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia", edited by Anita
Heiss. It's a collection of stories from Indigenous
writers of their experiences. A great read.

Talking about fit and proper persons:

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/greens-activist-jonathan-peter-doig-arrested-over-alleged-child-sex-abuse-offences/news-story/cca6e47f36001cb9a1758bc666cd7b58

"A former Greens candidate who ran at last year’s federal election has been charged with three child sex abuse offences after the Australian Federal Police executed a warrant at the climate activist’s home in Sydney.

Greens member Jonathan Peter Doig, who ran in the southern Sydney seat of Cook against Scott Morrison, was arrested at his Gymea Bay home by AFP officers on Tuesday afternoon following a lengthy investigation.

Mr Doig will appear in Sydney’s Central Local Court on Wednesday accused of allegedly paying more than $120,000 over 10 years for child sex-abuse material, including the live-streaming of child abuse from The Philippines.

The 57-year-old was charged with procuring a child to engage in sexual activity outside Australia, using a carriage service to solicit child-abuse material and possessing child-abuse material obtained or accessed through a carriage service. The alleged offences carry maximum sentences of 15 years’ imprisonment.

An AFP spokesman confirmed a Sydney man had been arrested at his home as part of an ongoing investigation.

Police will allege the child sex-abuse offences were committed over a 10-year period and included possession of child-abuse material and soliciting child-abuse material via payments made to individuals overseas, known to be involved in producing live-streaming of child sex-abuse.

Mr Doig, who posted on Facebook in April about donations he made to support food relief in Manila, allegedly made financial transactions to beneficiaries, including minors.

The arrest of the former Greens candidate, who has posed in social media photos with Greens MPs, comes as law-enforcement agencies push for greater powers to detect sex offenders using encryption to hide in the dark web.

Mr Doig, who has lived at his Gymea Bay home since 1999, is a perennial Greens candidate running in state and federal elections.

The arrest came after The Australian last month revealed the AFP, Department of Home Affairs and Britain’s National Crime Agency had partnered with anti-child trafficking officers in Manila to bust a child sex-abuse racket and rescue three children who had been used for live-streaming of child rape."

Hi Steele,

Totally agree, the work of Marcia Langton for the cause she passionately supports has been exemplary over the last 40 years, as for Abbott and Bishop well the less said the better. Putting that to one side, my question is more, are these kind of awards, for anyone, warranted, particularly being doled out by the old gal from London through her sycophant on the ground here, the GG. I understand giving awards to a couple of worthless Liberal Party toadies would cheapen anything.

As you know, I try to make my posts non controversial, and never insulting to anyone, including the old gal from London, the Liberal Party, the Catholic Church, Dangerous Doctor Donald, The 'Usual Suspects' on the forum and anyone I've forgotten.

Dear Shadow Minister,

So no comment about Marcia Langton then? No comment either about Abbott and Bishop getting their gongs?

This came straight up when googling liberal candidates and child abuse.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-liberal-candidate-investigated-over-sexual-abuse-of-children-20180829-p500h4.html

We could certainly go tit for tat if you like. There will be plenty of bad eggs we can highlight from any side of politics. But that would fall into your plan of deflecting from the topic wouldn't it.