Tuesday 5th November 1996
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The Prime Minister seemed less than willing to give a straight answer....
Ms Hanson went on to say to the Prime Minister, "Are you aware of the political and media criticism that you are getting for not condemning me for remarks I have not made and views I do not hold?"
Queensland police sources confirmed yesterday that they were investigating claims Aborigines were involved in an attack on Singaporeans in October. This information was withheld because government ministers decided last week, after media reports appeared linking Ms Hanson's comments to the attacks, that the news would have the potential of creating a backlash against Aborigines.
You might recall it was only a few days ago that my step daughter's party was attacked in an unprovoked attack by a group of Aboriginal descent, and the well meaning response received. But have Australians just had enough of this behaviour?
More importantly have Australians had enough of the slanted reporting by our mainstream media and is the "cotton-glove" approach to all matters Aboriginal behind the "backbone of support" that Ms Hanson is receiving? Generally, I think so.
You might also recall that it was not long after this blatantly false reporting by our Australian mainstream media on the Singaporean "racial incident" in late October that the "Hanson story" started appearing in Asian papers and Asians started cancelling their holidays to Australia.
So the question SHOULD be... is it the media who are damaging our relations with our Asian neighbours and should they be pulled in before the Federal Parliament and cautioned to get their facts right?
The Guangming daily, a prominent Beijing paper, suggests that the Chinese government's stance against Howard was firming. It also said that Australia's failure to gain a position in the United States Security Council was linked to "its intimate relationship" with the United States.
"When the United States launched an air attack on Iraq, Canberra was unusually eager to ape Uncle Sam at every step, and became one of the few countries to express full support for the military action."
Keep up the good work!
PS My daughter also was attacked by a group of aboriginals in Townsville about a year ago. Broken teeth, etc She was sitting in a taxi at the time and was assualted thrugh the open window! The only good part of the story is that the same girl who hit her without any provocation was subsequently attacked by another of her ilk a week later. I have no answers either. But it is a real ongoing problem here in north Queensland.
Harry Loudon
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