Friday 30th May 1997
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New South Wales police expect about 10,000 protesters to picket the venue.
Newcastle recently received a backhand from the "BIG" Australian - BHP after a decision to close down their steel works there - to enable them to set up a modern cheap labour steel works in Asia.
Tightly controlled "democratic" elections took place in Indonesia yesterday. Interesting how quiet the government owned papers in that country are about the atrocities that Suharto and his family and friends orchestrate to ensure that their power is entrenched... year after year after year.
In Indonesia the Suharto led Golkar Party is run more like a business - with the leading lights literally getting all the business deals and opportunities for large shareholdings in any foreign company deciding to take advantage of the cheap labour available in that country.
Corruption is rife - but part of daily life as it is entrenched in Indonesia's political system.
Now I am not saying that Australia is a whole lot better - because it isn't. Here we have democratically elected representatives of two major parties (Liberal and Labor) who jump up and down at election times making all sorts of promises. The rest of the time they jump up and down trying to discredit each other while the bureaucrats make all the decisions for them - largely in the ear of well-placed and highly paid lobbyists who represent the Packer's and the Murdoch's and the multinationals. (SEE STORY BELOW).
The end result is the same in both the Indonesian and Australian political systems as neither really represent the general population. The big difference in Australia is that at least you are able to establish an independent party - even if the threatened media moguls will pull every trick in the book to discredit you as you are rocking the boat for the "system" in Canberra.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Official home page.Melham told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Tuesday, "There's only one thing missing from this debate and that's the white sheets and the burning crosses and that's been the undercurrent in this debate."
Last night Howard attacked Aboriginal groups for lodging claims over a large part of the Northern Territory just days before the deadline for new claims came into effect. The claims include several national parks and much of the Territory's coastline.
"I am left to wonder at the sincerity of those in the indigenous community who have, during the last week, espoused a commitment to genuine reconciliation and yet can undertake such actions which clearly undermine the community support for that cause," he said.
The claims were lodged by the Northern Land Council chairman Galarrwuy Yunupingu who said, "The land council should not be blamed in this. Our statutory responsibility is being cut short. It's pack up, grab things and run," he said.
See letter below on Native Title.
I agree with Dr Kai about the assimilation of Chinese in the USA. Here in Australia it is different. I live in an area in which the Chinese now form the local majority. They do not speak English. All the shop signs are now owned by Chinese and have Chinese signs. I have to go to the city to shop - or learn Chinese. Is this Australia or China?
The big difference here Dr Kai is that Australia has a small population compared to the USA. It is easier for the Chinese to assimilate in the USA. Last night we saw allegations about Australian training courses being used by overseas Asian students to gain immigration through the back door.
They abuse the system and the government here turns a blind eye because they pay good money.
Subject: Dr Kai Tak's letter.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to respond to Dr Kai Tak's letter.
Yes, I agree that Mr. Choi may be a good citizen, but you'll see in the next few years that the situation will deteriorate as more immigrants arrive and their numbers will give them confidence. Any further assimilation programs will be rendered impossible to implement, and the types of persons like Mr Choi will then be something of a rarity. In response to your other remark, I admit that Chinese Americans do not pose yet any threat to US or any other country's sovereignty, because unlike the Mexicans they do not usually tend to concentrate in one area. They know however what's soon to come, and many Chinese who I had a chance to talk with said things like, the yellow people will one day rule the world! In your face whitey, you can bet on that!
Sincerely,
Peter Sarich
TOPIC: Yellow people will rule the world: author James Nguyen.
: >Yeah, you're right Alan. We are going to rule the world. And once that
: >happens we're going to enslave all the people and the mongrels who fail genetic
: >tests and have 50% and over white heritage. You and Mike Lucke will be
: >my personal court jesters and you will make me laugh or it's the cattle
: >prod up an oriface. You're daughter(s) will be my sex slaves. We're going to
: >rename all the cities of the world with tongue twisting names. You will
: >spend time in concentration camps where you can concentrate on memorising
: >all the chinese characters. Make everybody eat rice. Everybody will chant
: >buddhist sutras. All women will wear kimonos. Those who do not conform
: >will be euthanated mercifully by firing squad.
: but there may possibly be some truth in what you say.
You think I'm joking don't you?
THIS IS MINE I OWN MY NATIVE LAND.
Multiculturalism has no place in the real Australia. Allowing migrants
to form alien enclaves is a betrayal of trust.
A great many brave men died so that their heirs could inherit this land
and the culture they so dearly loved. They sacrificed their lives to
preserve Australia as a unique,freedom loving place in the world where
the word of a mate was a cast iron guarantee and nobody ever had to lock
a door against his fellow citizens. I would hate those guys to see this
country now.
A place where politicians blithely swallow insults and crawl on their
bellies rather than lose a dollar of trade with Asia. Where foreign
nationals have not only taken over our industries but been allowed
to buy huge tracts of this earth that was not ours to sell but should
have belonged forever to those who purchased it with their blood. We
only hold this land in trust.
We did not repulse the Japanese so that our children or grandchildren
could grow up to be coolies mowing Jap golf courses or working in
Asian shops, yet that is exactly what is happening. The shame of it
washes over many an old soldier like a bucket of slime.
When we buried our dead in shallow graves on a Darwin beach we hoped to
God those young guys did not die in vain. At least once a year, on Anzac
day, we should be able to think we did not forget. We kept the faith.
Yet when I walk through our cities and see enclaves where many do not
even speak English, I wonder if I could face those soldiers and sailors
now. I think not - not until we have reclaimed our land.
The next election can`t come quick enough for me so we can at least make
a start on dumping arse licking pollies and putting ONE NATION into
power.
Raise the Eureka flag, Pauline, and know that all true Australians both
the living and the glorious dead will be there to march beside you or
help to man the barricades.
Bill Lambe (Senior)
Native Title and Pastoral Leases
Dear Editor,
I have just come across you article of 22 January regarding Native Title and Pastoral Leases. This article is void of historical information and
any detailed analysis of the situation. Several months have past since
the 22/1 edition was published. Hopefully, since that date, you've done
some more research on this matter. Just to help you along:
1. Pastoral Lessees do not own the land leased to them. Nor do the
Pastoral Leases in Australia grant the lessees sole occupation of that
land. Pastoral Leases give the lessee rights to graze livestock. They
also permit Aboriginal people with interests in the land to enter the
property. This arrangement has existed since the 1840s.
2. The majority of Pastoral Lease holders are not individual farmers or
struggling farming families. They are large corporations, off-shore
farming corporations, and very well established families who own lands
elsewhere. Over 40% of the Australian land mass is under the control of
Pastoral Leases. The annual "rents" for these leases are low. The truly
struggling farmers in this country are not under threat by Aboriginal
communities. The truly struggling farmers are those who own or are
trying to buy their properties: Their enemies are the banks.
3. Your follow up comments to the 22/1 article give the impression that
most Australians are in agreement on the issues surrounding Pastoral
Leases and Native Title. This is a misrepresentation. These issues are
the hottest in Australia at the moment. But then, perhaps those who
disagree with you don't count for much. I am a white Australian of
English/ Irish decent. My family has lived in Australia for many
generations; many were/are farmers. Am I a "real" Australian?
Sin., Julianne Lynch
Subject: Comments on Australian News of the Day
The Prime Minister is totally without scruples. Comments by the Senator
required the strongest possible reaction - immediate expulsion from the
Liberal Party - no one has the right to falsely shout "Fire" in a
theatre. There are limits to free speech and racist diatribes fall
outside those limits.
D. Zyngier Education Consultant melbourne Australia
Subject: Reconciliation?
Why are our politicians wallowing in this bizarre 'guilt for the past'
when all Australians, black, ethnic and anglo are in the process of
being dispossessed? Our economic sovereignty has gone, our legal
sovereignty has been handed over to the United Nations by the High
Court, and our political sovereignty is scheduled to be handed over to
world government by the year 2000. Who will 'reconcile' what with whom
then?
If ever there was a ploy to distract the public from what is really
happening to their country, this has to be it!
Graham.
Clifton Hill
Victoria.
Unfortunately the running of this country is anything but fair and we will never know what influences played a leading role in the government deciding to allow this to happen - but we can only speculate....
The proposed changes centre on allowing proprietors to own both a newspaper and a television station in Sydney and Melbourne.
The winners out of 18 million Australian - two people - Murdoch and Packer - guess you could call it like winning Lotto again, and again, and again, and again....... no wonder then that Packer's wealth grew an incredible Au$600 million last year alone - according to Fairfax owned BRW.... how long will they be able to report that now?
Murdoch is the black horse in this outcome with News Corporation's News Limited now being able to lift their stake from 13.9% in Channel Seven to 25%. The share price of Channel Seven jumped 15 cents within minutes to close at a record Au$5.35.
Fairfax's chairman Sir Laurence Street said yesterday, "It is an appalling thought that a great national institution, a dynamic body such as the Fairfax organisation, could be allowed to be broken up, let alone having the breaking up of it encouraged (by the Federal Government).
"Those three mastheads - The (Sydney Morning) Herald and The Age and The Fin Review - are a trilogy and I think provide a significant focus of competitive print media activity alongside News Limited.
"I have nothing against News Limited - I have always said I have nothing against anybody else who wants to get into this industry. But I have a deep commitment as an Australian to our having a viable, strong competitor."
Let's face it the political "representatives" of the Australian people are little more than the lackeys of those who hold the media aces.
Beautiful day ahead - have a great one.
Business:
We talked about the role of the political lobbyists in Australia earlier in today's news. The Federal Government sanctioned break-up of Fairfax fits in like a hand in a glove with the desires of one Kerry Packer.Personal trivia, from the global office:
Cold overnight with temperatures dropping to about 5 degrees celcius.
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