January 26th 2025

[South of the Yarra]

We know

Good

 

[Skeppersap]

So, the knowledge is on Aboriginal communities who unbelievably in some communities are not provided with information in their local language, do not speak English, have limited information technology access, are not provided with education around it. There is nothing democratic about it. Get into some of the Aboriginal communities and see how it really works.

English is not taught at schools?

 

[MPMonkeys]

That probably would have worked a few years ago (like it did for many years before) but now the right and Murdoch have firmly dug their heels in over Jan 26th and made it a culture war. They’ll scream to high heaven if it’s moved.

Even if it went to plebiscite as a change to a permanent long weekend which would benefit most people the right would launch a scare campaign like they did with the voice that somehow changing the public holiday to a long weekend is bad or woke and a slippery slope to indigenous people stealing your house or something.

On the other hand opposition to the day grows and less people in the middle want to celebrate it. So now you have a shouting match and people in the middle tune out.

Murdoch lives in America. He would care more about Thanksgiving Day than Australia Day. This notion that he is barking orders to his minions over something that is irrelevant to his bottom line is just paranoid gibberish.

Labor are in government federally and in the majority of the states. If they can’t argue the case to move the date then that’s on them. Alternatively they know it’s not what the majority want. And that is how democracy works/

 

[Carn The Berries]

Murdoch lives in America. He would care more about Thanksgiving Day than Australia Day. This notion that he is barking orders to his minions over something that is irrelevant to his bottom line is just paranoid gibberish.

Labor are in government federally and in the majority of the states. If they can’t argue the case to move the date then that’s on them. Alternatively they know it’s not what the majority want. And that is how democracy works/

But that's the thing, it's not irrelevant. Outrage = engagement = eyeballs = $$$$

Confected anger is Murdoch's stock in trade in this country, and the USA for that matter.

 

[faible]

Murdoch lives in America. He would care more about Thanksgiving Day than Australia Day. This notion that he is barking orders to his minions over something that is irrelevant to his bottom line is just paranoid gibberish.

Labor are in government federally and in the majority of the states. If they can’t argue the case to move the date then that’s on them. Alternatively they know it’s not what the majority want. And that is how democracy works/

Murdoch set the editorial line long ago. It’s a furphy to suggest the editors aren’t working to his overarching world view, no one is arguing he’s specifically checking all the articles (any more).

It’s always people arguing the exact stuff you’re arguing, that seem to want to argue Murdoch himself has no impact on how his media outlets portray things, despite decades of evidence to the contrary.

You’ve fallen for it.

 

[South of the Yarra]

English is not taught at schools?

Schools? What schools? An enormous amount of remote Aboriginal people cannot speak English.

 

[campbell]

still a banger

love uncles getting their grove on.........

showing how mob respect .

 

[Skeppersap]

Schools? What schools? An enormous amount of remote Aboriginal people cannot speak English.

According to the 2011 census, less than 3% of indigenous speak English poorly or not at all.

Over 3% of Australians speak English poorly or not at all.

So the indigenous statistics are not dissimilar to society in general.

In fact, indigenous use of English has increased significantly in recent censuses. So the assertion that democracy is biased against indigenous due to rates of English spoken is just blatantly incorrect.

 

[South of the Yarra]

According to the 2011 census, less than 3% of indigenous speak English poorly or not at all.

Over 3% of Australians speak English poorly or not at all.

So the indigenous statistics are not dissimilar to society in general.

In fact, indigenous use of English has increased significantly in recent censuses. So the assertion that democracy is biased against indigenous due to rates of English spoken is just blatantly incorrect.

Census rofl Seriously. You have so much to learn about rural Aboriginal society.

 

[Skeppersap]

Census rofl Seriously. You have so much to learn about rural Aboriginal society.

Great response!!!!! Just ignore ABS statistics hey....i think this clearly demonstrates the misinformation you are trying to spread.

 

[South of the Yarra]

Great response!!!!! Just ignore ABS statistics hey....i think this clearly demonstrates the misinformation you are trying to spread.

I think this clearly shows you have no idea about the intricacies of Aboriginal communities. None at all.