Posts by Che Tibby
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true there are a lot of good people in oz. but there's also a lot of old-school bigots. and howard is one of them.
another example of economic issues is uluru (ayers rock). there's a place near uluru called yulara that is the main tourist resort within an easy drive.
we struggled to find a single aboriginal person employed there. the place is like a space station. all green english lawns and american malls. you can walk 100m from the edge of the complex and you're in deep desert.
the place is a complete disconnect from the reality of the deep desert. there's no aboriginal people, the locals just don't employ them (that we could see), and there's air conditioning.
completely bizarre.
and a great analogy for aboriginal economic development. the reality just doesn't fit into the new australia. some would say deliberately.
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Is there a reason why economic development seems so weirdly absent from aboriginal policy? It's one thing to make benefits conditional: but how about jobs?
one issue is that economic development is drawn away from aboriginal people.
howard legislated to undermine aboriginal rights to negotiate with mining companies over resources on aboriginal lands (the native title act amendments).
he also legislated to extinguish aboriginal title when it was discovered pastoral leaseholders should be paying their money to aboriginal clans (the wik amendments to the native title act).
there's two rather large income streams that aboriginal people are deliberately excluded from. often in the desert camps there is no work. these places are literally days drive from anywhere, and the only work is in... you guessed it, mining and farming.
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I guess there is space for every type of commentator
except for that screaming and hysterical guy who comments the swimming.
swimming is never so exciting as to warrant wetting your pants while watching it.
much like yachting.
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I do, I do!
oh. carry on then.
[che writes note to self: "Operation Passover. Richard Llewellyn, blood on doorpost, check. NO-GO on pogrom. Check]
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WARNING: attempted thread-hijacking approaching!!
check out how many freaking blogs The Age is currently providing!
meanwhile we have that girl who's probably blonde, and in a bar somewhere. probably.
oh, and go the ABs. and, listen to the dropkicks, you bastards.
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Che, have you been able to check your ECG since Sir Humphreys went off the air?
lqtm.
i did wonder if voodoo wasn't the actual problem.
all good though. the guys have been using anonymouse to stay in touch via object dart
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i had to haul this sorry arse into the emergency myself, only to be sent home. was back there two days later. and three days later.
finally got an appointment to see if they can diagnose anything just the other day.
nice 19 month wait.
i'm thinking the application of the packwack probably would have speed this little farce up nicely.
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It starts with 'skin whitening' and ends with breast enlargement and a Brazillian.
i hear they're handing out poor brazilians at the airports in sao paulo.
i use my to keep the house clean, do the gardening, and other menial chores.
much like queenslanders do aboriginals.
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he wouldn't not not say jaunty.
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Best breakfast buffet I've ever encountered
cue: rb in dressing gown.
russell: "why... aren't you just a jaunty, spicy wee muffin"
muffin: "why yes stranger, yes i am... take me! take me and devour me like no muffin has been devoured before!"
russell: "i will, sweet, spicy muffin... because it is our destiny!"
--> scene cuts away to ensure pg rating.