[csaa-forum] FW: MEDIA RELEASE: John Howard admits Aboriginal land grab intent

[Stephen Muecke]

Interesting. I had thought that Jessica's thesis about the land grab sounded a *bit* conspiratorial. This makes it much 
more solid. We shouldn't ever forget that Howard is firmly on the side of the corporations, and that his right wing 
persona (a) demands the appearance of decisiveness, hence the military, and (b) believes that some cultures are just not 
as strong as others, and can disappear under the 'tide of history'. Pearson doesn't support (b) of course, but in the 
defence of his people might feel the need to engage with a bit of the rhetoric of (a).

> Jessica Martiniello¹s thesis on the Œland grab¹ behind the smoke 
> screen of
> Œindigenous children overboard¹ [ie yes children did go overboard 
> but family
> were always there to assist and were not the ones who Œthrew¹ them] 
> gainseven more credence from the analysis below. For reports on 
> Howard¹s cynical
> role in Canadian indigenous politics see:
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1947116.htm
> and
> http://cacreview.blogspot.com/2007/06/canada-un-and-rights-of-
> indigenous.html
> 
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> Subject: MEDIA RELEASE: John Howard admits Aboriginal land grab intent
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> MEDIA RELEASE: John Howard admits Aboriginal land grab intent
> 
> Project SafeCom Inc.
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> John Howard admits Aboriginal land grab intent
> 
> Media Release
> Friday June 29, 2007 9:15am WST
> For immediate Release
> No Embargoes
> 
> "Prime Minister John Howard has this morning admitted, in response to
> questions by Neil Mitchell on Southern Cross radio, that "if" it 
> comes to
> taking lands away from Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal 
> people, he will
> adequately compensate them", WA Rights group Project SafeCom said this
> morning.
> 
> "The Prime Minister's comments, given in his usual, passive, non-
> denialstyle in which he makes an initial admission, using his 
> frequently used
> 'policy by stealth' methodology, have outed Mr Howard's true political
> intent of the dramatic 'invasion' of the army against the backdrop 
> of health
> and community workers into Aboriginal communities in the Northern 
> Territory,with the otherwise valid agenda of creating safety for 
> especially the
> children in those communities," spokesman Jack H Smit said.
> 
> "It is now abundantly clear, what many pundits have suspected 
> during the
> last week," Mr Smit said. "The taking away of lands from Aboriginal 
> people,and given those lands over to commercial interests and 
> mining companies, was
> always Mr Howard's intent."
> 
> "We know, from the now confirmed departure of the Canadian Stephen 
> Harpergovernment from Canada's previous long-standing commitment to 
> the UN
> Convention on the Rights of Indigenous people, and confirmed 
> influencing of
> Canada by Mr Howard in this Canadian decision, where Mr Howard 
> stands in
> relation to the Rights of Indigenous People," Mr Smit said.
> 
> "Now we also know what his intent is for Australian Indigenous 
> people." Mr
> Smit concluded.
> 
> For more information: Jack H Smit, Project SafeCom Inc.
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