Australian government imposes military-police regime on Aborigines

June 24, 2007 | 5 Comments | 883 views 

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future – Adolf Hitler

One more line on an endless list of repugnant schemes, John Howard recently announced a “national emergency” plan to impose draconian measures on as many as 60 Indigenous communities in the Northern territory of Australia, under the guise of protecting children from Sexual abuse.

The plan, as pointed out by the Socialist Equality Party of Australia, is as follows:

1. Welfare and family payments will be halved, with the seized portions transferred to food and clothing vouchers. All payments will be cut off if children fail to attend school, or are considered “at risk”. Forced labour will be imposed, via “work for the dole” programs, to “clean up” communities.

2. In “prescribed” zones across the Northern Territory, all children under the age of 16 will be subjected to compulsory medical checks for sexual abuse. Alcohol and X-rated pornography will be banned, with individuals as well as suppliers facing imprisonment.

3. At the same time, the existing permit system, which allows indigenous communities to restrict access to their lands, will be scrapped. Business managers—so-called “tsars”—will take charge of all public housing and government enterprises. These people will function as modern-day versions of the “administrators” and “protectors” who exercised complete authority over Aboriginal reservations in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Federal parliament will be recalled for a special mid-winter session to pass extraordinary, yet-to-be-seen legislation to authorise the takeover. (source)

Howard is giving himself a standing ovation right now

John Howard, the Hero of Australia — knows there’s an election coming up. And he knows that himself along with the likes of Mal Brough have for years done nothing but advance these absurd schemes that even the most diluted person knows will not be solving any problems. But then the point of them is not to be solving any problems… Rather, they are (predominantly) intended and designed to assimilate the People further—to make their culture and identity disappear and to get control of all the land so Colonial Australia can capitalize on it.

The schemes themselves are what Australia needs to justify doing this (Mal brough spends an incredible amount of time trying to prove his convoluted views are justified ). They can’t just go out and do it– that’s not gentlemanly.

They need to justify it, and isn’t it just perfect that many indigenous people find themselves paralyzed and broken because of all the schemes imposed on them in the past: like forcibly sexual sterilizing women, stealing all children and indoctrinating them, shipping away every single man that stood up for their people, and killing anyone who would dare say No — only to put the remainder onto reservations,preventing them from moving and hunting for food.

It was as if they were just supposed to sit there like a box of dolls that just aren’t fun anymore… And folks wonder why Indigenous People are having some problems. Are you f***ing kidding me?

As for sexual abuse, well Howard’s acting as if it’s an ‘Indigenous issue’, but if you were to ask any Indigenous Person familiar with their own history, they would tell you that it was unheard-of before colonization. They would tell you that child abuse, like everything else in the gutters of colonial society that Australia forces indigenous people to live beneath— was unknown before the heroes of the seas arrived with their boatloads of Criminals…

And wouldn’t you know it, those same people went on to do to all Indigenous People what was first done to them. But the indigenous people didn’t do anything wrong, did they? The original Settlers didn’t care.

And today, do the descendants? I mean, beyond signing some petition out of guilt? Do Australian citizens really care what Howard is doing to innocent people? They have nothing to worry about after all—their homes are secure, their yards are nice and clean, and their dysfunction is kept nice and private like all good citizens should be doing…

Maybe then all indigenous people should be punished? I mean, they’re making Australia look bad, aren’t they? Maybe it’s good to have a bold visionary like Howard willing to do whatever it takes to make things right, to make our Australian Dreams come true?

I’ll tell you — whether or not you find that statement to be utterly disgusting, if you do nothing in your life to change how things are done locally and Nationally, than you are subscribing to that notion because inaction is a form of complicity.

Howard and Brough are counting on you for that, they need you to remain complicit or even tolerant because then they can just wash their hands and know that it was done in your name. For Australia. For the Motherland.

Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice — Adolf Hitler

Contacts

Hon John Howard, MHR
Prime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Fax: 02 6273 4100 http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm

Mal Brough MP
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Email: [send email to mal.brough.mp@aph.gov.au]

Mr Kevin Rudd MHR
Leader of the Opposition
PO Box 476A
Morningside Qld 4170
Tel: (07) 3899 4031
Fax: (07) 3899 5755
Email: [send email to Kevin.Rudd.MP@aph.gov.au ]

Clare Martin - Northern Territory
GPO Box 3146
Darwin NT 0801
Telephone: (08) 8901 4000
Facsimile: (08) 8901 4099
email: [send email to chiefminister.nt@nt.gov.au]

Amnesty International Australia
Locked Bag 23
BROADWAY NSW 2007
[send email to servicecentre@amnesty.org.au]
1300 300 920
Fax: 02 8396 7663

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5 Responses to “Australian government imposes military-police regime on Aborigines” (Leave a Comment ↓)

  1. Ahni on June 24th, 2007 10:21 am
  2. Ahni on July 2nd, 2007 9:51 am

    Ok, as i understand it, nothing’s happened yet.. though a survey was just conducted

    As for the land take over, the “land permit” system is to be dissolved which means the government effectively owns the title to the land, and so can do whatever it wants on it… For the time being, he’s put everyone on a five year lease.. Some are pointing to the fact that this may be a prequel to enforcing a 99-year lease program

    Moving along, there’s a protest set for today and another on the 14th

    Aswell:

    just a quick line to let you know there was a very militant occupation of the Australian Consulate in Auckland this evening against the invasion of Aboriginal lands and in solidarity with our black brothers and sisters facing John Howard’s racist attacks. All very exhausted after being on a picket of the Auckland Central police station until our comrade Tane was freed, so please contact me tomorrow for a more comprehensive report if you want one. Please find underneath an eye witness report from http://www.indymedia.org.nz

    Kia kaha
    Joe Carolan
    Socialist Worker, Aotearoa

    Very militant protest in Auckland tonight- hardcore chants!
    “Genocide- it ain’t no mystery- White Australia has a Black History!”

    “Black and WHite
    Unite and Fight
    for Aboriginal
    Land Rights!”

    “Get thr troops out now,
    get the troops out now,
    Get the TROOPS, OUT, NOW!

    very good speeches from all the groups in support-
    Julia and Joe from Socialist Worker, Martin Hirst, Lecturer in Media studies at AUT, Jared from Workers Party, Jim Gladwin from Citizens against Privatisation, and statement read out from Kulin Nations and Aboriginal declaration of sovereignty’ by UNITY editor Daph Lawless in Consulate occupation that broke through police lines.

    Awesome Aboriginal flags and banners,
    organisers have pledged more direct action in weeks to come.

    Comrade Tane Feary arrested- big posse went up and did a police station picket that saw him released after an hour and a half. Tane, a victim of police brutality, charged with assualting a cop. Heaps of people have filled out police complaint forms and this case will be fought- heaps of witnesses saw him strangled as protest broke through.

    No white media covered the event. Maori TV was there and will be showing it tonight at 11pm. Niu FM, Auckland’s Pasifika radio station, also covered the protest live. Video and pictures to follow from protesters soon. Check out http://www.unityaotearoa.blogspot.com or http://www.indymedia.org.nz

    Hope this inspires comrades in Australia to take direct action. Also Australian embassies throughout the world should get the same treatment.

    Aboriginal Australia has been invaded.
    Aotearoa has stepped up to the Front Line.

  3. Ahni on July 2nd, 2007 9:10 pm

    Alright, time to clear some propaganda — regarding the first link on the above comment — howard said the land grab is ludicrous…

    Well, he publicly admitted that it is a land grab.

    As for the survey that was ‘well received:’

    COMMUNITY SAYS NO
    “THE Howard Government’s assessment of indigenous communities met its first setback yesterday when a team of police, soldiers and social workers were refused entry to the Amoonguna community south of Alice Springs.

    Community chief executive Barry Byerley told organisers the team was not welcome until appropriate consultation had been made with the community’s 350 residents and the purpose of the visit fully explained.

    ‘It was a ridiculous situation. We didn’t want the team just barging in without the people being properly briefed on why they were coming and what was involved. It was the height of arrogance,’ he said.

    Mr Byerley said the community, which recently won a local government award for good governance, had been angered by the Federal Government’s decision to cut off funding for community development employment programs (CDEP), which had forced more than 30 residents back on the dole.

    ‘They treat the community with contempt by failing to adequately explain the loss of CDEP after just nine months and then they give us only 24 hours’ notice that they want to come into the community. People are genuinely worried.’”

  4. Ana on July 6th, 2007 12:03 am

    Direct Action Shuts down gubba consulate

    http://www.maoritelevision.com/programmes/news/te_kaea_online.htm

    check out news Mon 2 July, bout 9 min mark

  5. Ahni on July 7th, 2007 3:01 pm

    Thanks for the head’s up Ana (I thought I’d posted that here, but I’ve been extremely overloaded lately.)

    Here’s a couple updates c/o the Angry Indian
    Brough denies backflip on compulsory check-ups
    NT child abuse figures ‘not a stand out’
    Aborigines in dark on Brough’s plans, group warns

    It’s strange what the media and all these groups are focusing in on… but atleast they’re all pointing to the absurd, ill-intentioned, exploitative, and redundant front…




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