Paul,

"You are still struck dumb when it comes to the wombat killer, your good buddy, and leading NSW shooter TONY AZZI."

No buddy of mine, I consider him to be a slob.

I give Robert Borsak my full support, he is an honest politician, (and a good friend) if he were not then the Greens would be trumpeting it from the rooftops.

As you full well know the circumstances under which elephants can be culled why do you persist in the falsehoods?

The bouncing spherical object is now on your side of the net, can you hit it?

Dear loudmouth2,

This is from Dawson's book which I highly recommend you read. He and his daughter undertook the huge task of translating the language of the Western Victorian Aborigines.

The treatment of women in this area was hardly as straight forward as you claim for the entire Aboriginal race.

“When the father of a family dies, his landed property is divided equally among his widow and his children of both sexes. Should a child of another family have been born on the estate, it is looked upon as one of the family, and it has an equal right with them to a share of the land, if it has attained the age of six months at the death of the proprietor. This adopted child is called a ‘woork’, and calls the owner of the property by the same name. Should a family die out without leaving ‘ flesh relatives’ of any degree, the chief divides the land among the contiguous families after the lapse of one year from the death of the last survivor. During that period the name of the property, being the same as the name of its last owner, is never mentioned, but is called ‘ Yaamp yaamp’ in the Chaap wuurong and the other two languages. If, however, there are several claimants, with equal rights to the territory, the chief at once gives each an equal share, irrespective of sex or age.”

Dear mhaze,

This was the assessment of Dawson who extensively translated the language of Western Victorian tribes.

"During this tedious process, occupying several years in its accomplishment, I found my previous good opinion of the natives fell far short of their merits. Their general information and knowledge of several distinct dialects—in some instances four, besides fair English—gratified as well as surprised me, and naturally suggested a comparison between them and the lower classes of white men. Indeed, it is very questionable if even those who belong to what is called the middle class, notwithstanding their advantages of education, know as much of their own laws, of natural history, and of the nomenclature of the heavenly bodies, as the aborigines do of their laws and of natural objects."

"In recording my admiration of the general character of the aborigines, no attempt is made to palliate what may appear to us to be objectionable customs common to savages in nearly every part of the globe ; but it may be truly said of them, that, with the exception of the low estimate they naturally place on life, their moral character and modesty—all things considered—compare favourably with those of the most highly cultivated communities of Europe. People seeing only the miserable remnants to be met with about the white man’s grog-shop may be inclined to doubt this; but if these doubters were to be brought into close communication with the aborigines away from the means of intoxication and were to listen to their guileless conversation, their humour and wit, and their expressions of honour and affection for one another, those who are disposed to look upon them as scarcely human would be compelled to admit that in general intelligence, common sense, integrity, and the absence of anything repulsive in their conduct, they are at least equal, if not superior, to the general run of white men. It must be borne in mind, also, that many of their present vices were introduced by the white man, whose contact with them has increased their degradation, and will no doubt ultimately lead to their extinction."

Gladys Liu MP should get an Australia Day Award and be made leader of the Libs and PM so that she can talk to Xi and get the China-Aus FTA signed up again. She's just the right person to push it through, being a former(?) affiliate of the CCP.

I can picture Gladys Liu PM with a shiny gold medallion from the Queen of Australia hanging around her neck and sitting across the CCP boardroom table from Xi as she negotiates getting things back on track.

I would like to give her a very special Aussie award: the Order of the Golden Bogan. That's as Aussie as you can get!