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Australia Day Awards

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Hey ttbn,
It would be politically incorrect to choose a white male.

On a different note I'd just like to remind everyone the facts:
On a basis of merit:

Calling 'Australia Day' on January 26 'Invasion Day' is factually incorrect and stupid.

Why exactly, you may ask?

Well, if you google search 'what date did captain cook first set ashore botany bay' as I've done below:

http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=what+date+did+captain+cook+first+set+ashore+botany+bay

You'll learn this about OUR country:

'The crew first sighted the mainland of Australia on 19 April 1770. James Cook and some of his crew landed at Kamay Botany Bay on 29 April 1770.'

What that means, is that 'Invasion Day' should actually be remembered of 29 April, NOT 26 January.
- Because 29 April was the day that the British first put their toes upon these shores.

26 January is when we became an independent nation, no longer under the direct rule of England.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 6:33:13 PM
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I'm not actually sure the above google reference is correct.

Didn't they first sight land in Western Australia and travel around the southern continent and back up to Sydney?
How did they do that in 10 days?
Must've been a gale?

Can anyone correct me on this please?
Posted by Armchair Critic, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 6:38:35 PM
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They are being intolerant of intolerance.
SteeleRedux,
So, how do they then differ ? This is a chicken-egg scenario. You're one who brings up Democracy in debate yet you're intolerant to the views of the majority !
Tolerance does not mean having to tolerate hangers-on, racists who call good people racist, criminals in the Judiciary & the hordes of edu-indoctrinated pseudo-intellectuals who are of no obvious benefit for the billions of Tax Dollars wasted on them, etc etc.
Tolerance does not mean tolerating the bureaucratic swamps !
Posted by individual, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 6:45:42 PM
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Good turnout for the Invasion Day protest in Brisbane. About 10,000 young and old, black and white, showed their dissatisfaction with the so called Australia Day. A day steeped in British tradition, which doesn't respect the first nations people, their rights or their culture. How can there ever be a true Australia Day when those whose ancestors have occupied this land for 65,000 years are ignored by a system that wont recognise their legitimate sovereignty over this land.
Posted by Paul1405, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 7:46:07 PM
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Paul1405,

26 January 1788 was the beginning of a long period of dispossession and attempted genocide against Australia's Aboriginals by the British Empire.

The Aboriginal societies were decimated and their lands stolen by colonial officers and settlers in order to supply the Empire with raw materials.

Trying to get a proper compensation is now beyond reach but there is nothing wrong with a good old fashioned naming and shaming of all the dishonest and untrustworthy politicians, bureaucrats and business people who were responsible for the demise of the First Nations peoples.
Posted by Mr Opinion, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 7:56:57 PM
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The worst and the most disgusting incidence in my opinion is umpire Darrel Hair repeatedly no balling Muttiah Muralitharan in 1995, Murali was a young and talented spinner who was mesmerizing the cricket world with his skills.

In a match against Australia in 1995 in Melbourne Darrel Hair no-balled Murali, 7 times for extending the arm beyond 5%(The 5% rule itself is ridiculous) and he kept doing it without telling why. Murali was left almost in tears.
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Posted by Lisandro, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 5:06:14 AM
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