When Professor Megan Davis and the other architects of the Uluru Statement conceptualised ‘from the Heart’ – their intent was a move for greater Indigenous recognition.
Great Article George. It's worrying that your points haven't been considered by our leaders. Further, as an immigrant myself - the indigenous make up 3.8% of the population, while Greeks around the same, Italians 4.4%, Indians about 3% and Chinese about 6% - do we now all have to have separate voices? or are we all Australians? are we even still a democracy? and if we're all Australians as I see us, then we are the majority including the indigenous and every other minority or migrant group. This situation will certainly divide us and cause resentment, it will undo years of hard earned assimilation.
Great Article George. It's worrying that your points haven't been considered by our leaders. Further, as an immigrant myself - the indigenous make up 3.8% of the population, while Greeks around the same, Italians 4.4%, Indians about 3% and Chinese about 6% - do we now all have to have separate voices? or are we all Australians? are we even still a democracy? and if we're all Australians as I see us, then we are the majority including the indigenous and every other minority or migrant group. This situation will certainly divide us and cause resentment, it will undo years of hard earned assimilation.