Comments on John Tracey's Soapbox: Brisbane Aboriginal community meeting Oct 6

Yes, the 67 referendum which got over 90% yes was ...

2006-10-25T23:52:00.000-07:00

Yes, the 67 referendum which got over 90% yes was framed as simply giving Aborigines a fair go.

This approach can gloss over the hard issues, but then again public debate is not necessarily the place to work out the hard issues any way, if it becomes a bun fight about ideology. Clever back ground activity taking advantage of the momentum of shallow, general campaigns is how I see it.

On Bartletts blog I play a devils advocate , but such provocation is certainly very limied.

Dont know what happended thought I lost the first ...

2006-10-03T16:55:00.000-07:00

Dont know what happended thought I lost the first one so retyped

For my sins i used to be an advisor on managemetn ...

2006-10-03T16:54:00.000-07:00

For my sins i used to be an advisor on managemetn issues to Greiner back in the late 80's here. (welfare doesn't pay enough).

If I was advising Bartlett I'd tell him to go all out on this issue. He's got not much choice - either sink slowly into the democrat mire or go down fightin. Stuff the Democrat head offce if he wants 7 more yeasr its goota be as a QLD senator first.

You should encourgae him to focus on issues like a fair go, be anti government, be anti tyhe minister and bureacrats ansd govenrment and how aboriginees arent getting a fair go.

I would steer clear of the watrermelon approach to aborigninal affairs and steer clear of problems of health, welfaer, sniffers and the like becasue the red nceks you lot are up there don't want to hear about that, its switch off material, they want to be pissed off about something - like Xureb ibn SA

In my view all the big ticvket wide community support for aborginal issue has been on those sort of notions, eg the ferendum support, the reconciliation marches etc.

While I acknowledge their importacen they dont want to hear about land rigths and picutres of grotty tent embassies and the like do the casue untold harm.

Anyway thats my view, for what its worth. Probablt won't matter - I suspect he's doomed wahtever happens.

For my sins I used to be a management advisor to G...

2006-10-03T16:44:00.000-07:00

For my sins I used to be a management advisor to Greiner back in the late 80's. Welfare never paid enough.

If I was advising bartlett now i'd tell him to go the whoel hog ratgher than jsut sink slowly into the democrat mire. I think he's a bit scared of the redneck elemtnt of you lot up there, but he might as well crash or crash thorugh.

So keep urging him to take it right to them, you nevr know he might get soemthing like the SA bloke recent;ly.

Just keep away from the watermelon approach to abotrrignal affairs and push the fair go line, anti burecrats, anti Ministyer and anti government waste. Dont even talk about problems in health welfare etc - as that gets the rednecks bothered.

All the big community support you have previosuly spoken of, referendum ,the reconciliation march were about giving people a fair go - thers support for that out there.

Anyway, thats my two bobs worth - he's probably gone whatever he does. So go out blasting has alwasy been my dictum.

thanx ken. for all Bartlett's timidity he is the o...

2006-10-03T06:59:00.000-07:00

thanx ken.
for all Bartlett's timidity he is the only politician anywhere in Queensland who is even bothered to include Aboriginal issues amongst their campaigns except in a very negative way such as Beattie etc.

As I recently declared him on his own blog, he is the leader of the opposition in Qld.

And Robert Shwarten's slinging mud at him has annointed him as such. Never that much venom even for the Greens.

however,

I know he is cautious to keep a distance between his own campaigning and grass roots Aboriginal stuff such as this meeting so as not to exploit it.

Hope it goes well - I'm surprised bartlett hasn't ...

2006-10-03T05:14:00.000-07:00

Hope it goes well - I'm surprised bartlett hasn't mentionee dhtis one - must be part of that centrist timidity.