Tuesday 15th October 1996
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Today's headlines and last night's television coverage was really quite amusing.... reporters stranded in remote and unforgiving parts of Australia like Papunya and Yuendumu in the Northern Territory having nothing better to do than to interview each other and any local member of the community that they could find.
Ms Hanson, accompanied by Aboriginal leader Charlie Perkins went to Palm Island with Channel 9 current affairs reporters from 60 Minutes.
This follows last month's Channel 9 debate on Aboriginal matters between Perkins and Hanson.
Of course, the reporters in the remote parts of Australia were able to suck some juice out of a very dry lemon with emotive headlines like "Hanson stirs fresh anger in tour farce" and "Pauline Hanson, where were you?"
Interesting that Charlie Perkins, who was part of the party, got no more than a mention even though he understands Aboriginal culture intimately.
No the anger was aimed at Ms Hanson with Yuendumu council president Eddy Robinson being quoted as saying that Ms Hanson's cancelled visit was "definitely rude".
For the Aboriginal community on Palm Island there was some positive feedback.
Kootana centre spokeswoman, Sylvia Reuben, said, "I think this has opened the door a little bit for her education.
"I think she was sincere. She said she was willing to learn. But it was very obvious she is naive about the workings of bureaucracy..
"We both thought that ATSIC (the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission) was a problem and the money wasn't getting through to the grass roots where it was needed."
Now if Pauline Hanson has to be recognised for the valuable role that she is playing in the political debate that last statement sums it up... if she had not created such a controversy the root of the problem would not be exposed in such a powerful way.... a leader in a small Aboriginal community exposing the rot that disgraces the whole system to a political voice in Australia's Parliament... widely reported misuse of tax payer funds meant for the Aboriginal people but not getting past the ATSIC "leaders" who hold the purse strings.
Maybe now those influential bureaucrats who have been rorting the system and being trying to blur the truth by putting the heat on Ms Hanson will now feel the blow torch being pointed in the other direction.... about time too.
In response to my comments about Pauline Hanson yesterday, I received the following response:
The self bleating of the democrats and
the labor party are not the self-opiniated, political correct garbage if you
call trying to save the multi billion dollar trade with asia from comments
such as a civil war resulting due to multi culturalism (pauline hanson DID
mention Bosnia), which sound extremely astonishing unbelievable to suggest
such a thing would happen in this country. Asia IS watching and believe me
comments such as this will only effect our billion dollars worth trade and
billion dollars worth tourism industry from asia. Yes she has the right to
voice such opinions but not in the way of driving a huge wedge and hatred
between the society by using such umprofound words.
The Strights Times is one of the major seller newspapers in Malaysia and
Singapore. You can find articles about Pauline Hanson in them. What image do
you think australia presents itself in the business and tourism world in
asia now with comments from Pauline Hanson?
Seems that Evan's kids hold banks in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and that they were purchased at the time that he oversaw the public float of the Commonwealth Bank... ouch!!!
But the issue continues to dominate both the upper and lower houses of Parliament with Federal Industry Minister John Moore now being put on the line because of his Au$100,000 shareholding in a company.
It's at time like these that you realise that the elected politicians don't run the country they just make noises like they do grabbing the kuedos when the bureaucrats occasionally get it right... no, they have got far more important things on their mind... stabbing each other in the back.
No wonder much of Australia respects Pauline Hanson for addressing real issues, real concerns - it doesn't take much, except a good dose of courage, to stand head and shoulders above the rabble in Parliament...
The Au$2.65 billion merger is projected to result in a joint nett profit of Au$540 million per annum.The merger will create the fifth biggest bank in Australia.
The shares of St George Bank fell 40 cents to Au$8.55 while those of Advance Bank rose 57 cents to Au$6.85
He said that this move would dissipate any controversy regarding his appearance in the Au$1 million Open at the Australian Club during late November.
"I am playing the next three Australian Opens for nothing because I'm getting so much flak about it all," Norman said. Norman is believed to get about US$250,000 in appearance money at Opens under his current contract.
I happened to be browsing the web site on the Global Info-Links project which I co-ordinated back in 1994 to find that my role had been claimed by a bureaucrat who moved into that position after the launch.... the original Global Info-Links team seems somewhat different to that now publicised on the web site...
Will really have to consider moving my business elsewhere!
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