REFUGEES CAN BE AUSTRALIA’S GREATEST ASSETS
REFUGEES CAN BE AUSTRALIA’S GREATEST ASSETS My friend Henry Palaszczuk is a first class example of a refugee who became an eminent Australian. As a young boy, he fled with his family from a brutal Russian takeover of his homeland that had been ravaged by Hitler to make it to the land of opportunity that […]
THE LONG WALK TO EQUALITY
THE LONG WALK TO EQUALITY Last week the Turnbull Government rejected the concept of a referendum being held on a change to the Australian Constitution which would create what can broadly be described as a Council to officially represent Indigenous Australians. The Prime Minister said that such a referendum was certain to be voted down […]
Australia condemned for trying to make asylum seekers ‘homeless and destitute’
Australia condemned for trying to make asylum seekers ‘homeless and destitute’ (Click on the title to read the original article) – Uncle Albert Holt says: It’s all about maintaining human dignity and this is not the way to go about it. – Everald Compton says: Australia’s treatment of Asylum seekers is appalling. I cannot understand the inhumanity […]
Australia should take in 20,000 Rohingya refugees as crisis worsens: Greens
Australia should take in 20,000 Rohingya refugees as crisis worsens: Greens (Click on the title to read the original article) Uncle Albert: – It’s heartbreaking to see and I really have to say our country is big enough to place them in a less hostile environment. Everald Compton: – Australia must take a large number […]
Nationals vote down motion to ban the burka at annual conference
Hot Topic: Nationals vote down motion to ban the burka at annual conference (Click the title to see the original article) I personally would always like to see the face of someone. It could be seen as a deceptive disguise, but as it is a cultural thing, it is something that should be dealt with […]
Is Australia Day on 26th January?
Indigenous leaders have spoken out over the controversial and ‘divisive’ plans to scrap Australia Day Source: TEN NEWS (click here to read the original article) What #Goondeen Everald Compton has to say: I do not observe 26 January as the birthday of my proud nation of Australia. It represents the invasion of an already populated continent […]
