Among those not invited by the Rudd Government to discuss options for the future of Australia’s indigenous people were, notably, Warren Mundine, who was elected to the rotating presidency of the ALP in January, 2006, and Mal Brough, who never made a big thing of his indigenous ancestry but was the most influential Aboriginal affairs minister for several decades.
Mundine, who has been open and frank with his opinions about the need for Aboriginal Australians to enjoy the same property rights as all other citizens, was invited to the talk fest but parked in a group discussing future security and prosperity. Brough was not on the list at all, which is not surprising given Rudd’s refusal to include him on a supposedly bi-partisan committee which he announced amid the hype of the possum fur and gum smoke of the silly sorry ceremony held in Canberra in February.
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Krudd only wanted clanging symbolism. Not discordant notes.
I hope the likes of Akerman keep this point alive for many years.
We can't let the life of a daily newspaper reflect the stupidity that was the 20/20 summit.
This idiocy must become part of the nation's school literature under the title 'how to do so little with supposedly so much'
A lesson in anti-bureaucracy.
Mehaul
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