Wednesday 16th October 1996
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It appears that Ms Hanson also upset a school on the island after "interrogating and lecturing" the principal. Ms Hanson was due to visit the school on Monday, but ran out of time so she dropped in for a surprise visit yesterday morning with Channel 9 Sixty Minutes reporters in tow.
The Principal, Ray Armit, said she expressed concerns that teaching methods tailored to Aboriginal needs would disadvantage Palm Island students if they moved to other schools.
The media, apart from the Sixty Minutes team, have been absolutely beside themselves with frustration being barred from any interviews with Ms Hanson during her Palm Island trip. The Courier Mail, for example, was barred by one operator from following her charter plane so they, in their own words, chased her in another plane... now if this sounds like cops and robbers stuff... hang onto your seats... when they finally caught up with her she ignored them. Now I wonder why that would be...
The closest that they could get to quoting Ms Hanson was her response to a year 7 student at the school who asked why she had come to the island.
Ms Hanson is reported by the Courier Mail as having said, "I was invited first to see what an Aboriginal community is. I've come here to see for myself because I've never come before."
"You've probably heard of me. I've made some statements and this is all part of my job to see for myself.
Mind-blowing, controversial stuff I know you will agree. I guess the controversy should be why the media were gate-crashing a school uninvited - after all Ms Hanson just delayed her invitation... somehow I don't think the papers would report on it that way though.
Closer to home Prime Minister, John Howard, and Labor leader, Kim Beazley, agreed to create a bipartisan resolution supporting multiculturalism and reconciliation with indigenous Australians in a pointed rebuke of Ms Hanson's views.
Mr Howard agreed to work with the Opposition to address nine points put to the House in a notice of motion by Mr Beazley on Monday.
"I believe that in relation to quite a lot of the matters that are contained in the resolution... there is common ground between the Coalition and the Opposition," he said.
In the Hanson led immigration debate which include some views that I certainly do not support, we continue to get a lot of feedback. The email of particular interest refers to the views of Singaporeans on Ms Hanson and Australia.
It appears that some of our Asian friends in Singapore see Australia as a third world country... now I wonder if that makes them racist or just ill-informed?
Just for your note, living in Brunei, the racsim debate in Australia has
been very quiet. Talking to most Asians it doesn't affect them at all.
Racism is rife throughout Asia, Malays hate Chinese, Chinese hate Malays,
they all hate Indians,- in fact a Malay told my wife yesterday- "If there
was a snake and an Indian running in front of the car, always miss the
snake". The quote about the The Straits Times, it is a paper from Singapore
and prints the Singapore Governments views totally. It quite often
"Australia bashes" in various articles, I think they must be jealous. A
Singaporean told a friend of ours a few weeks ago that the Singaporeans
believe Australia is a third world country. Enough, I could go on forever
with Asia's racist views of Australia.
Keep up the good work , I always enjoy your page, even if I don't always
agree, I suppose that's part of freedom we still enjoy in Australia!
Regards
Trevor Foster
ASIAN PRESS WARNS OF DANGER TO TRADE
Pauline Hanson's inflamatory stance against Asian immigration produced new
fallout yesterday as a leading Asian newspaper warned that trade with
Australia was at risk over the issue.
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post warned in an editorial that Australian
trade with Asia could suffer if Prime Minister John Howard did not rebuke Ms
Hanson.
"Reports of Asians being spat on in the streets, and their homes damaged,
are earning the country a bad press" the editorial said.
The paper said John Howard's failure to condemn Ms Hanson's attacks on Asian
immigration did nothing to counter the idea tha this government agreed with her.
The newspaper's editorial - and more attacks in other Asian newspapers -
illustrate the increasing hostile coverage that the immigration debate is
gaining in the Asian media.
Leading Asian newspapers which have covered the uproar include Singapore's
Straits Times, Bangkok's Asia Times and Malaysia's New Straits TImes.
The China Daily, China's most influential English language newspaper, last
week reported that racism complains in Australia had soared and that the
"ugly political row" over Asian immigration is to blame.
by Andrew Bolt
I am not painting all Asians with the same brush when I say that "many" of Asian extract seem to have fairly thin skins when it comes to facing a point of view not matching theirs and that the autocratic system in countries like Indonesia does little to enhance their reputation amongst many Australians.
The bluster and threats of the papers referred to above possibly reflect that point of view, the comment that:
"Reports of Asians being spat on in the streets, and their homes damaged,
are earning the country a bad press" the editorial said... is total rubbish. You know that and I know that.
Basil valuable contribution continues,
As quoted from "The Courier Mail", tuesday 15th Oct 1996.
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Contribution:
To applaud a politician for bring up the debate which many white australians
support is one thing, sowing hatred and dividing the community is another
thing. ATSIC funds do have to be reviewed because of the corruption
allegations that surfaced. To scape goat a minority bacause of the few
strays in the minority is not quite justice. Ms Hanson's claims that asian
immigrants form ghettoes, do not speak English, and do not assimilate maybe
true to some extent, for not all are like what she claims. I am an Asian
immigrant from Malaysia, naturalised and am an Australian now. I have lived
in this country for 6 years, by my first year in this country i spoke better
english than a few of the Australians in my high school. I was the only
asian playing hockey in the Gladstone hockey competition by my 2nd year in
this country and was the vice captain of my school hockey side by my 3rd
year. Ms Pauline Hanson's claims which you endorse in your headlines are
only that of stereotypes. Are all Asians drug smugglers and politician
murderers? If each society in this world stereotyped one another due to some
minority in the others society, i hate to think what this world will turn
out to be.
Basil Lee.
In a horror week for the Coalition this move follows the resignation by Liberal Senator Jim Short.
Senator Gibson's resignation comes over his holding of about Au$100,000 in Boral shares.
The Federal Opposition have run a strong campaign trying to knock over sitting Liberal members based on share holdings and hidden financial interests. It is good to know that tax payer money is being used for such useful investigative purposes when there are so many other far more important and relevant issues to look at. For example a Au$9,000 shareholding in a bank by the Federal Treasurer's wife will, it was recently claimed, prejudice the views of the Federal Treasurer. Give me a break.
Liberal Industry Minister John Moore came under attack as well yesterday over his Au$100,000 shareholding in a venture capital company which, it is claimed, could benefit from Budget decisions.
"We will be floating NDS in the nest two or three weks... selling about 20% of it in order to make it more independent and to reassure our competitors and third parties with whom we do business."
No value has been placed on the float at this stage... NDS contributing about Au$32 million to News Limited's bottom line last financial year.
The financially embattled Crushers are a real thorn in the side of the ARL - having being served with a demand of Au$840,000 by the Commonwealth Bank.
One of the interesting fines being considered by Super League, on the other hand, is one of Au$500,000 in the event that a club is caught poaching a player from an opposing team. Now that's a bit rich isn't it!
The changes include:
Had a lovely evening at a Brisbane restaurant with my wife Viv as well as business partner (in the World Wide Websters) Barry Corrick and his wife Liz. The World Wide Websters will be revealed shortly to the Internet world... their escapades should bring a new element to the generation of effective advertising on the net.Left to right in the photo: Viv, Scott, Barry and Liz.
Beautiful day outside, unfortunately one to be spent in the big smoke!
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