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by ray jackson, president, indigenous social justice association

two more contributions on the possible changes to the constitution to allow for the proper recognition of the aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples and their unique place in the history of this country.

there are, of course, two main views, the minimalist view and the maximalist view. arising from these two views are many sub-views of what should/must be left out or what to put in.

Reposted with the kind permission of Green Left Weekly

By Peter Robson

Aboriginal workers are being paid 'next to nothing' to build houses for their people, under the federal government's housing project. Gurindji workers went on strike, October 20.
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/46154

Aboriginal workers in the government's $672 million Strategic Indigenous Housing
and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) are working for what amounts to half the dole
plus rations. However, these workers are still being recorded as contributing to

Warning: This story includes names of deceased people that may cause sadness or distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

By Amanda Midlam

Ask yourself and others a quick quiz. What was the Coniston massacre? Who boasted of having killed 31 people in Australia? What is William George Murray, also known as George William Murray, remembered for? The appalling truth is that for most of us Murray isn’t remembered for anything, yet it was he who boasted of killing 31 people and the true figure is probably much higher.

An Iraqi man has tragically taken his own life on Monday 15th November at Villawood. This is the second suicide in two months at the detention centre run by the Multinational Serco. Refugee activists are holding protests outside the centre as detainees go on a hunger strike inside the centre. This suicide comes in the same week as a violent brawl at a Melbourne Detention Centre between Afghan teenagers recently moved from Christmas Island. Just like under Howard, traumatised people are being stressed and broken by the thousands by the Gillard Government with over 5000 people locked up in Australia's immigration gulag's. Just to emphasize the sense of history repeating, the Federal Government has confirmed that 10 asylum seekers have sown their lips together in protest on Christmas Island as the trouble in the detention centres escalates.
RISE Press Release -- RAC Sydney Press Release -- Article on Brawl in Melbourne Centre -- Solidarity Banners in Newtown -- Summary of recent protests