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Dear Editor,
Australia is so very old,
The people from there too.
Sixty thousand years I’m told,
Just hundreds for the new.
The problems caused twixt new and old
Have never near made good,
Always trying white man’s mould,
With no success and never could.
Top-down force to make things right
Was always bound to fail.
For years we have not seen the light,
Our woeful endless tale.
With ‘The Statement from the Heart’,
At last, a chance to heal.
A civilised future now can start.
All seek a fairer deal.
We’ll have ‘The Voice’ to hear from all,
Brainstorming from all sides.
First Nation’s leaders; hear their call.
At last, we can be wise.
A ‘Treaty’, fair, long overdue.
‘Truth-telling’ managed too.
Justice now for all to view.
‘Terra Nullius’ to undo.
As Australians, we will be
On a path that’s been denied.
Champions of ‘fair go’ are we,
Together on one side.
Tony Krins
Dealing with nonsense
Dear Editor,
It will be apparent, if you read on, that I spend (waste?) too much time on TV and the internet. But, whenever I do, it becomes increasingly clear how crucial it is to maintain a high level of scepticism in the face of some of the meaningless and specious cla...
