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10/20/2023

“There are so many issues that still need addressing and it cannot happen now in the most efficient way. One is the high proportion of prisoners who are Aboriginal. The rate at which Aboriginal Australians die in custody is obscenely greater than the white and Asian settler community. Indigenous Australians do not live as long as whites, having an average life span that is eight years shorter. We would have had a federal mechanism for dealing with all that, on good advice from the people themselves.”

Thus whined one Tom Kenneally, when he didn’t get what he wanted.

I suspect the bleeding of the heart has deprived his brain of much needed oxygen.

Otherwise the obvious thought would occur to him; why on earth can’t these issues be addressed without changing the constitution?

In fact, the so called Aboriginal community and leaders could just get together and do something. That would be the same ones that were going to advise parliament.

If needed I’m sure parliament could throw some money their way. Its not as though we need to change the constitution for that to occur. They are the global leaders at giving money away for no expected return.

New fact 1: if your problem du jour requires politicians to be part of the solution, then you’re fucked.