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Why is it when a white child is attacked/raped/hurt/institutionalised they may put forth "valid" claims for compensation which result in the pay out large sums of money years later. When it is a black child who tries the same thing claims are dismissed and it is considered to be "just another compo claim by people who get it all"
Why is it that (some) white farmers get flood assistance, drought assisstance, fencing assisstace and still complain about the "Abo land grab"
Why do we forget that blackmen fought in our armies and yet were denied service payment, land to settle on and (ofcourse) the ability to go to RSL Clubs like the rest of thier mates.
Do we not realise in a country built on payment for hard work that Indigenous workers were not paid in money so that saving for the future was not possible for them (that state governments in some cases still have that money)
How can we complain about children not attending school when there are 400 kids and only 100 spots at the school and understaffed to boot.
Why must people move from thier traditional country because we can not be bothered with a particular community, we all know that bring people to the Cities works real well
What have you been reading to make you think that being aboriginal makes you a murder, a rapist, a victim, lazy, ungrateful or just stupid?
Listen to what these people are saying, the events that happened to them
EDIT: And people can change. My little brother was so excited and happy about the apology while I was talking to him on the phone it shows that he has come a long way. He was also the one who brought up the subject too
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| Presents that warm the heart |
[05 Jun 2007|04:30pm] |
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I have the bestest geek present ever from my darling husband
Gloves that are warmed via USB ports
for use in my very cold office
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| Arc Play Tests |
[22 Jan 2007|09:17am] |
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Thanks to all the wonderful people who turned up for the playtests that we ran for Arc. Your feedback and imput to making the games better for people has been greatly appriciated and we love you heaps.
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| Bush Fires = Power Shortages |
[16 Jan 2007|08:42pm] |
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OK all Melbourne people
What are we doing on line? Lets all get off the computers and help the power crisis! me included
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| returning home |
[16 Dec 2006|04:51pm] |
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Hi everyone
will be back in OZ tomorrow evening - survived the Milford Track and the dreaded track lurgi.
Been passed Rohan, Mordor, through Minas Tirith and much more on the adventrue track
Photos are great - Lots of Water!
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| BABY BABY |
[05 Nov 2006|10:02pm] |
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Hi All
Just to let you all know that Sarah and Philip have a beautiful baby girl called Zoe Caitlen who was delievered this evening by C section
3.4kgs (roughly 7.5lbs)
happy parents in Perth
(it is also Treason, Gun Powder and Plot day)
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| Invitation |
[16 Aug 2006|08:58am] |
All,
Due to officially getting older and stuff, I am having a games day this
coming Saturday evening, commencing at 6:00 pm. Bring games, bring
something to drink, bring something to eat and share it all.
Hope to see you there!!!
Adam Raymond
PS. Don't bring presents please... I have a hard enough time cleaning the
house as it is.
It is at our place!
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| Happy Birthday Wishes |
[12 Aug 2006|05:59pm] |
Happy birthday to one very Special Friend
AmberLouise
from me, Adam, Hil and Chris
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| Tree Planting Day |
[06 Jul 2006|11:06am] |
To all hippy tree hugging people
There is a planting day on Sunday at Healesville
at Worawa Aborignial College starting at 10am and going til 2pm - There will be food and equipment provided I think
I know that it ia a bit of late notice but anyone is more than welcome to head out and be a part of it. I am leaving Brunswick at 7am to be to set up (YAY!) and have a few spare seats in the work car.
Let me know if you are interested and I can give you further instructions on how to get there etc
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[20 Jun 2006|11:34am] |
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Bit of help needed with an Access Database that seems to have just decided not to show a text box. No reasons given nothing was changed and the version that has vanished is not any different to other versions I have access to. (this just happens to be the up to date version!) Anyone have any clue cause it has me stumped for sure
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[22 May 2006|01:27pm] |
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Home from Japan now!
Will update properly later when I think about it some more
I have lots of fun sugar products for Adam (and others)
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| Interested in a Job |
[24 Mar 2006|02:04pm] |
Just to let people know that there is a job going in the GA Vic head office for Admin. Anyone who wants a job that will not go anywhere but conversely has a solid income and good relaxed environment should apply
Check out the Greening Australia Victoria website.
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| Big Thanks to Friends |
[13 Feb 2006|09:02am] |
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Thank you to all my wonderful friends who came and playtested the first of the Conquest Games. It was fantastic to get you all together and run the scenario. The feedback was excellant and will be put to good use. I will let people know when the second one will be available for testing GMs ConOrgs and people who will not be at the Con get first pick as usual. Even though we missed a character it was good to see that most of them worked as intended even the difficult ones
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| Not my normal discussion |
[08 Feb 2006|02:01pm] |
Excert Taken from On Line opinion www.onlineopinion.com.au from 4 years ago
"Commercial TV home improvement programs often demonstrate how to get a decorative Aboriginal look into viewers' homes without paying for it. A recent program screened a non-Indigenous studio craftsman painting an Aboriginal-style canvas in a range of ochres, sienna and rouge pigments, to go with the made over household's new décor.
After re-covering a sofa, a female presenter joined the TV artist to help fill in the blank white space with as many Aboriginal-style dots as they could fit into the show's airtime. The studio-rendered painting's story line had nothing to do with native Australian culture but for suburban wannabes these do-it-yourself Indigenous art solutions fit tight family budgets neatly. Is television's democratisation of access to Aboriginal imagery a sign of our society's increased cultural tolerance, or does it merely tell us how cheap some of us are when it comes to valuing authenticity in works of art?"
Curious to see some discussion if people are interested...
In other news I won my first big tender last week - $35000 worth of work
and finally the geeky stuff - still looking to fill 5 spots for a playtest on Sunday 12.30 anyone interested?
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I know that this is possibly the wrong time of year but does anyone have a computer that could be donated (or sold) to a Commitee of Management that I am helping out? Technically my funding should not be used for that sort of thing but it does need to be obtained. I think the big thing is that it has a CD drive of some description.
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| Foo Fighters = Good |
[07 Dec 2005|01:58pm] |
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Bouncing and dancing last night - Foo Fighters were great
I am not a big concert type person nor am I the worlds greatest fan but I do really like the music and it was grand.
Happy Adam, Nat and Jenni, none of who were lost in the midst of the crowd and came out with all thier limbs
Even Stew bounced some.
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| Decisions... |
[21 Nov 2005|10:04pm] |
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My Computer Broke!
(the one at work that is)
Tossing up whether to go in to the office tomorrow or just work from home.
What do people out there in LJ Land thinK?
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| Booky Goodness |
[27 Oct 2005|12:53pm] |
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I have just purchased a copy of the next novel by George RR Martin. It is mine! All mine!
The problem is that I am at work and it would not look good if I was to just stop working and start reading.
Can I wait? Will he kill off more of our favourite characters? and does the duck make it?
All these questions and more will be answered in a very short time.
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