2 responses to “Indigenous Affairs”

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   Max Broadway

   August 7, 2025

   This policy still divides us on the basis of race. The past of over 200 aboriginal ‘mobs’ has gone now – and they didn’t always see eye to eye back in the day – there were inter-mob wars, a primitive payback system of justice, and even genocides going on well before colonisation. Also, there are three other big issues that are not resolved by this policy:

   1. Who is aboriginal? These days, most aboriginal people are multi-cultural in their heritage. Why should they single out their aboriginal heritage and distinguish it from the rest? So who would you make a treaty with, and how would you be confident about the process? Aboriginal leadership is not democratic – it’s an eldership model. So who would lead? As one wise aboriginal man said, “You didn’t elect the Queen (or, now, the King!)”
   2. The majority of aboriginal people want the ‘goodies’ that have flowed from colonisation such as roads, cars, clothes, technology, houses, etc – and fast food! None (or a very few) could now live a traditional life-style even if they wanted to – they simply wouldn’t survive. However, it is good to preserve language. So how can they find and live on homelands meaningfully without dependency on Government handouts?

      We need a country that is unified, not divided along the lines of race, I believe.

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      Advance Australia Party

      January 20, 2026

      I honestly don’t believe this policies divides by race, does it identify race? Yes.
      We can’t just ignore our history and the 250+ indigenous nations that developed independently.
      Those who have Aboriginal heritage have aboriginal heritage, down to the 1%ers, there is no denying that fact that their linage is of Aboriginal descent.

      I would opt to give them powers through the use of a Governor General yes.
      But the benefits of the land, education, medical, defence would be equal amongst all Australians, all Australians deserve free education as an example.
      The actual party policies related to ‘payback’ and ‘benefits’ would be the same for all Australians regardless of race or country of origin, removing division in our country based on ‘handouts’, anyone can get the same social policy handouts if they need it. Would there still be a system in place for ‘closing the gap’? Absolutely, I recognise the historic hardship the Aboriginal’s went through upon the upheaval of the land they lived on. But I also strongly believe ‘the gap’ needs to be closed for all Australians and we need to identify all the ‘most at risk’ groups in our community, whether that be indigenous, orphans, single parent households etc.
      The Prime Minister would lead the country, the Governor General does not, but the Governor General does have the power to sack the leader (which use to be a British right, it becomes an indigenous right). There would need to be more discussion with the community directly to decipher their model of eldership they want to use within their community for their officials, whether they want to evolve that model with modern day Australia, change it or leave it the same, we’ll respect their wishes, I’m not going to say I have everything right in the first draft/idea of a policy initiative when there hasn’t been a full-scale proposal or model made yet.

      Regarding your second point, these ‘goodies’ are a right for all Australians, Aboriginals aren’t asking to remove the goodies and aren’t suggesting they can’t live without it in the modern world. They are seeking recognition and the right to grieve a stolen land, is it a historic loss? Yes. I’m willing to say it was a war, an unethical war and not an act of Terra Nullius. Unfortunately we cannot change history. They live on homelands meaningfully by allowing their Elders to develop their culture further and evolve their culture to take into account modern day Australia, that’s what reconciliation does, its paves the way for modern work, modern facilities, modern expectations, whilst allowing for exclusive rights for the Australian population like a ‘walkabout day or two’ whenever an Australian needs it. Consider it a mental health day for all Australians that honours our indigenous origins, a public holiday an Australian can take whenever they need. These policies unify us more than divide us. Reconciliation means combining the expectations of old with the expectations of new.

      Final note, this policy is a work in progress, it’s not set in stone and it’s posted here to receive feedback such as yours.
      But I’d like to say this policy identifies race and tries to reconcile the differences more than divide us.

      Sorry for the late reply, I was hospitalised for a while and have had to put this project on the sideline for quite a while.

      I’m glad you posted and thank you for your feedback, any other questions Max?

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