Wednesday 29th May 1996
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Her controversial remarks about the funding of Aboriginal groups have been welcome but she is going to have to watch herself when she says that the attempts at reconciliation between the whites and the Aborigines in Australia has failed and should be abandoned.
Ms Hanson was targeting the annual Au$4.5 million funding paid to the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. The chairman, Aboriginal Patrick Dobson, refused to comment on Ms Hanson's claims.
She said "Aborigines who support me say that all they want is to be treated like ordinary Australians with the opportunity to get a job and enjoy good health, education and housing."
Mr Howard said that the reforms were the highlight of his government so far. He claimed that they were vital to halt a slide in Australia's competitiveness and living standards.
The ACTU, which has labelled the reforms as cruel, revealed a plan to march on Parliament House on August the 19th.
The comment made by the state Labor opposition leader Peter Beattie rejected the proposal because of the job losses.
The Coalition state government replied that although the job losses would be large there would be no need for retrenchments as there was a 20% natural attrition rate in the existing entities.
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