the work of Marcia Langton for the cause she passionately supports has been exemplary over the last 40 years,
Paul1405,
40 years of talking & getting paid for it by us is exemplary ? That makes her no better than Abbott & Bishop in my book !
I have met several Marcia Langtons' in my time but have yet to see anything they have actually done that is still of use to their people. I bet she got paid a hell of a lot more for whingeing & bitching than many indigenous received for actual work of which we can still see the evidence today !
For me to respect her & her ilk requires more than just bitching !

Individual,

Prof Marcia Langton has dedicated her entire life to
Indigenous people. If you check on the web you will
find that Prof Langton - "... is known for her work
in several academic fields linked by her concern for
Indigenous rights, justice, and artistic expression.
She conducts anthropological work to support land
claims by Aboriginal people and their negotiations
with mining companies and the state".

Prof Langton has produced a large body of knowledge
in the areas of political and legal anthropology,
Indigenous agreements and engagements with the
mining industry, and Indigenous culture and art.

She has been recognised for her work and dedication.
And rightly so.

I've been keeping data on Indigenous higher education numbers for thirty years (which everybody here knows and it bores the sh!t out of them), but I can't recall Marcia ever getting in touch about them. She knew my wife fairly well, we bumped into her once at Adelaide Airport around 1998, but no, she's never expressed any interest in Indigenous student numbers. When she gets in touch, I'll express an opinion.

There seems to be an intriguing trend amongst the Indigenous education elites, that they have no interest in Indigenous undergraduate numbers (except, of course, their own relations) - but focus passionately, it seems, on Indigenous post-graduates, those whom they can cultivate and absorb into the elite.

I've always supported the opposite approach, to foster higher education amongst Indigenous people, try to ensure that they were prepared for study properly, guide them through their under-graduate courses to graduation - then they're on their way, it's up to them, if they can work their way through the employment agencies, which seem to rely on Indigenous 'advisors' from the elite.

With around a thousand new post-graduates each year now, trying to select, cultivate and absorb 'suitable' PGs (and to reject those whom they can't) into the elite must be getting complicated.

Joe

Individual,

BTW:

Didn't Tony Abbott and Bronwyn Bishop get paid and
receive all the parliamentary perks as well? And
what did they ever produce as a result of that?
Especially Ms Bishop.

Joe,

Prof Langton 's work should be applauded. She does what
she can in her areas of expertise for the Indigenous
people and leaves the rest to others working in those
fields. There's enough activists around.

As it is she's involved in Indigenous rights and justice for her
people.

Why do you always point out the negatives instead of
the positives
when it comes to our Indigenous people.

You're always on a roll.

Makes no sense.

Joe,

I think if Prof Langton was to walk on water -
your reaction would be -

"See she can't swim!"

Foxy...how about the "Order of the Raw Prawn" ? I worked with Marcia Langton at Charles Darwin Uni while she was in the Faculty of Indigenous Research (FIRE)...not a very nice person to deal with and very racist within herself. If I said "Marxist" would that mean anything? As for ex Fuhrer Abbott getting a gong, that really has been the last straw, I'll bet he's creaming his budgy smugglers now and "Wokka Wokka Bronnie"...yep defraud the Commonwealth and still get a gong...what a joke the whole charade has become. No decency left in the awards system which has become like a school yard. Turn up for a whole week and little Johnny gets an award AND a choccy frog to take home !