[Kzin]

Sorry Welshy, you may have to move to America .... soon your continent will belong to only the aborigines and Bindi, their pale rich friend.

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 20 (Agence France-Presse) — A federal court decision has granted Aborigines a title claim over one of Australia’s major cities, Perth.

The decision is the first in which a large metropolitan area in Australia has been determined to belong to the indigenous people who lived there before white settlers arrived, lawyers said. It sent lawyers, homeowners and officials scurrying to assess the impact.

The ruling could lead to similar claims over other cities like Sydney and Melbourne, said Christine Lovitt, a lawyer who is a specialist in native land titles.

Prime Minister John Howard told reporters on Wednesday that the federal government would consider joining an appeal against the ruling. “My initial reaction is one of some considerable concern,” he said.

An Aboriginal leader, Noel Pearson, welcomed the “absolutely extraordinary” decision by the court, saying it restored native rights to Aborigines who lived in the cities and southern regions of Australia.

Homeowners and businessmen holding freehold title to their properties were assured that the ruling by Judge Murray Wilcox on Tuesday did not mean they could be evicted.

Judge Wilcox said the decision to grant native title was “neither the pot of gold for the indigenous claimants nor the disaster for the remainder of the community that is sometimes painted.”

Senator Alan Eggleston of Western Australia, of which Perth is the capital, attacked the ruling, saying it “really could have quite profound and significant implications and change our way of life.”

“Every time you want to go and sail or fish you might have to have a permit to get on the river,” he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/wo...australia.html

errr

how do you just give over a whole city?

[Welshy]

Haha, they can have perth.


Lets see them try to take a real city.

welshys gonna get his shit fucked up by a boomerang in the abo-aussie wars

[Welshy]

We took it from you once, jimmy blacksmith.

We can do it again.

[Kzin]

Originally Posted by nikolai

errr

how do you just give over a whole city?

Let me explain ... no, there is too much, let me sum up:

Native title is considered in law to have been “extinguished” by the granting of freehold title and some forms of leasehold.

“The ordinary owner of a house will not be affected at all,” she said. “Anyone who owns a very long-term lease is probably in the same situation.”

But unallocated state land and forests as well as parks and some reserves could be affected.

The ruling gives the Noongar people the rights to access the land and to carry out traditional activities like fishing, hunting and maintaining sacred sites.

In theory, if a park in the center of town was found to be covered by native title, the Noongar people would have the right to live there, Ms. Lovitt said.

Aboriginal claims through the courts began around 1995 after the passing of the Native Title Act, the first legislation allowing rights to be contested.

Aborigines have lived in Australia for at least 40,000 years, but they are now a minority after more than two centuries of mainly European settlement, with a population expected to reach 470,000 this year out of a total of 20 million.

Many live in squalid outback camps, where unemployment, alcohol dependency and lawlessness are rife.

[Noodle Boy]

The Australians will probably form lynch mobs and kill them all anyway

[Honeyfugler]

Originally Posted by KzinKiller

Let me explain ... no, there is too much, let me sum up:

excellent quote usage, K! (and no, I don't mean the stuff he put in quotes)



(I am posting this because I can't rep him with it)

[Nevets]

They should just give them casinos and call it a day.

[Agent of the System]

Senator Alan Eggleston of Western Australia, of which Perth is the capital, attacked the ruling, saying it “really could have quite profound and significant implications and change our way of life.”

LIKE THE WHITE SETTLERS DID TO THE ABORIGINES BACK WHEN AUSTRALIA WAS DISCOVERED?

[Fox Hush]

Originally Posted by Nehpets

They should just give them casinos and call it a day.

Made ours happy!

[Kzin]

Bah, how can a casino compete with a boomerang hunting park right in the middle of the city!

[Nevets]

Dingo Downs, featuring Platypus poker will be Perth's biggest attraction.

[Knight of Ni]

Originally Posted by Vergil

LIKE THE WHITE SETTLERS DID TO THE ABORIGINES BACK WHEN AUSTRALIA WAS DISCOVERED?

Nobody alive is in any way responsible for that.

[Welshy]

Besides, if it wasn't us, it would've been the french.


Think about that, abbos.