Tag: White Australia

LNP

The Opposition – full of grumps and fantasists – » The Australian Independent Media Network

What was shocking was their willingness to re-visit those days, where the Communist word caused heartburn, and we stood behind LBJ. This time around it was Donald Trump providing us with a shield. Risky!

And we must remember Trump’s record of favouring white supremists. Was there a whiff of the White Australia Policy in our rush to condemn the Chinese? Is there a whiff of post-colonial racism in our demonisation of a document titled “Statement from the Heart”?

Source: The Opposition – full of grumps and fantasists – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Australia's pride, Australia's Shame

Nationhood and the ‘Pure’ Race (part 1) – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The Immigration Restriction Act (1901). This Act came to be known as the ‘White Australia Policy’. Literature is examined that contends that this policy confirmed the racist ideology based on white supremacy and was used to deny citizenship to the Aboriginal people.

Source: Nationhood and the ‘Pure’ Race (part 1) – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Indigenous Affairs, Uncategorized

Liberals front Institute of Public Affairs ad attacking Indigenous voice to parliament | Australia news | The Guardian

Scott Morrison with Liberal candidate Jacinta Price

The Liberal senator James McGrath and the former Liberal candidate Jacinta Price have fronted an Institute of Public Affairs advertisement attacking any proposal for an Indigenous voice to parliament, claiming it will divide Australians by race.

The inflammatory intervention comes just a day after the minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, launched a co-design process with Indigenous people on the voice to parliament.

The negative advertising suggests the rightwing thinktank and aligned Coalition conservatives will continue to campaign against a voice despite the government’s repeated efforts to signal that the First Nations representative body will be legislated rather than enshrined in the constitution.

via Liberals front Institute of Public Affairs ad attacking Indigenous voice to parliament | Australia news | The Guardian

Australia's Shame, Uncategorized

January 1: Exclusion and the White Australia Policy – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Is there a day on the calendar that draws as much debate as January 26? While a large proportion of Australians celebrate this as Australia Day, there is a growing number who refuse to celebrate what they refer to as ‘Invasion Day’. On January 26, 1788 the Union Jack was raised on our shores, and Aboriginal ownership of the land was usurped.

The call to change the date of Australia Day from January 26 has been growing louder each year, to one where all Australians could feel included. January 26 does not offer this to the First Australians. The obvious choice espoused by many is January 1, which celebrates our federation in 1901. But history reminds us that this is as equally insulting to the First Australians as January 26.

via January 1: Exclusion and the White Australia Policy – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Australia's Shame

The brutal legacy of Sister Kate’s, a children’s home with a mission to ‘breed out the black’ – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A black-and-white photo shows a nun surrounded by children, receiving a cheque from a man in a suit.

WARNING: this article contains graphic content that may be confronting for some readers, including descriptions of sexual abuse. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised it also contains the images of people who have died.

via The brutal legacy of Sister Kate’s, a children’s home with a mission to ‘breed out the black’ – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Australia's Shame

What was the White Australia Policy, and how does it still affect us now? | NITV

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has repeatedly claimed that Australia is the world’s most successful multicultural nation. While the sentiment has bipartisan support today, for more than half a century after Federation Australia boasted not of multiculturalism, but of its monoculture.

Source: What was the White Australia Policy, and how does it still affect us now? | NITV