Has the status of Australian Aborigines Improved Over the Years?

[*- ven -*]

My stand is their status has improved although it's still not really significant. Their conditions in employment, health, land rights, education, and housing have become better compared to the past 20 years, right?

[gyn]

Ooh well. their conditions are still well below average compared to non-indigenous Australians. however, as our Australians govt has done and implemented a lot of programs which aim to improve their status. Thereby, aborigines are now be able to enjoy the benefits of human rights in Australia. As the situation is compared to the past, the aborigines' status has imporved alot over the years.

[hardcore]

For many years, many non-Indigenous Australians have this unanimity - Indigenous Australians are given self-determination and we've invested greatly on them each year, they should be able to set up now!

This is obviously wrong! Throwing money into the matter our ancestors created 200 years ago alone is not enough. Racisms and reverse racism over the years should be looked into. Both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians should stop debating on whose fault was it and raking over the past as it is helpless.

Let's just move forward!

[*- ven -*]

hey gyn! Thanks for posting a reply =)

[*- ven -*]

hey hardcore! ure a new member too? i can see this is ur first post!

[IAAL]

My response:

Is there something going on in Australia that we, as Americans, need to know on a United States legal forum? I mean, what's with all the Australian writers coming here?

Is there a test at the end of all these obnoxious questions about Aborigines?

If you're interested in "rights" and "social progress," why don't you people take a tip from our Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by President Johnson. Then study something about Martin Luther King, and the marches on Selma, Alabama. How about Rosa Parks? How about the Freedom Rides? Compare the Aborigines to the Blacks in our South, and try to see if the rights Blacks enjoy today might be something the Aborigines might like tomorrow.

If Australia is just now discussing these issues, then start reading our history because you're about 40 or more years behind the United States.

If Australia is grappling with the issues of "Separation of Power," perhaps a read of the United States Constitution is in order, along with our attendant "Bill of Rights." You'll notice, conspicuously missing from our Constitution is the word "privacy." Privacy was "court made" law, added into the interpretation of our Constitution. The reason I mention that is because you'll also need to read the lengthy list of cases that interpret our Constitution. Another example would be the United States Supreme Court case of Miranda vs. Arizona which, constitutionally, gives arrestees certain privacy rights; i.e., the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney, etc., etc. Suffice it to say, if Australia wants to "model" itself on this, or some other country's Constitution, you all have a lot of reading to do.

IAAL

[mgnlenore]

For many years, many non-Indigenous Australians have this unanimity - Indigenous Australians are given self-determination and we've invested greatly on them each year, they should be able to set up now!

This is obviously wrong! Throwing money into the matter our ancestors created 200 years ago alone is not enough. Racisms and reverse racism over the years should be looked into. Both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians should stop debating on whose fault was it and raking over the past as it is helpless.

Let's just move forward!

Also, could you explain to the rest of us what "reverse racism" means? THERE IS NO SUCH THING!