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Money spent. Money wasted.
Among the latest online comments from Quadrant subscribers, this from Arthur B:
There has always been a gap between the opinions of intellectuals, and those of the rest of the nation, but in recent years the gap has become a chasm. The latte-sipping, Greens-voting residents of inner-Sydney and Melbourne, and the proles of the outer suburbs and rural areas, might as well inhabit different planets.
The Left succeeded with same-sex marriage, but they will have a more difficult task in selling constitutional recognition for Aborigines, and more ‘rights’ for them. Among the people that I know, I can’t think of anyone who is interested in Aboriginal culture, or worries about ‘the Great Australian Silence’ and ‘this whispering in our hearts’, or the need for ‘Reconciliation’. However, most are aware of the gross waste of taxpayers’ money devoted to indigenous affairs, which has had little effect in improving the lives of our so-called First Peoples.
I am sure the Left is aware that a referendum on constitutional recognition has no hope (at present) of succeeding, so I fear that we will be subjected to a barrage of propaganda, from the ABC and the usual suspects, attempting to convince us that Aborigines need more privileges.
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