There is enough information today out there in
national and public library collections for anyone
interested in this country's true history. There
are primary sources that can be verified. There
are also people still alive who have experienced things
first hand and who can testify.

Misinformation and lies are of course out-there as well.
But if anyone really wants to know the true history -
one doesn't have to look very far to do so. And there
are enough people willing to help you search if you're
really interested.

Denial serves all of us badly. And reconciliation takes
backward steps every time denialists do their damage.
Research is worth the time - if truth is important to
anyone. It's there waiting to be discovered.

It just may open up an entire world. And of course - with that
comes understanding and action.

I watched Miriam Margolyes and her program -
"Australia Unmasked," last night at 8.30pm
on the ABC.

It was riveting viewing and part of a series that
she's doing on exploring the idea of a "Fair Go,"
in Australia.

Last night she travelled to Tasmania. We learned a great
deal. For example that one in five Australians live in poverty.
That a sizeable percentage of our population are illiterate.
The treatment of the Indigenous Palawa People in Tasmania,
and so on. It was quite a revelation.

She also got to chat with a band of bikies - ten of them, at
a cafe. It was hilarious. And quite charming.

It's worth watching - as the series continues. She's off to
Melbourne next.

http://www.thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/miriam-margolyes-explores-the-idea-of-a-fair-go-in-australia-unmasked-c-7517282

Here's the link again:

http://www.thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/miriam-margolyes-explores-the-idea-of-a-fair-go-in-australia-unmasked--c-7517282

I mentioned earlier that we have already had a government funded organisation to give a voice to aboriginals - ATSIC. It ended amidst acrimonious evidence of rampant corruption and nepotism.

Of course, the an organisation that is guaranteed by the constitution can't be shut down irrespective of the level of corruption or nepotism. The ABBA-riginal grifters must be salivating at the prospect.

Two men looked out from prison bars.
One saw the mud, the other saw stars.

I think Foxy is referring to where the ATSIC grifters should have been.