This is an example of exactly what I wrote yesterday, about how the left are to be admired. They simply don’t care what you think.
Despite the public will and sentiment expressed at the ballot box, they don’t hesitate and do exactly what they said they would do and plough on straight ahead.
Even if the people, by a landslide majority in a referendum vote NO, (a referendum initiated by them, so they had total control), they just carry on regardless and legislate what they couldn’t achieve via a popular vote at the ballot box.
Their stellar, overweening arrogance, their sledgehammer audacity, their chutzpah is almost to be admired.
There is not, in 2025, a single aboriginal person anywhere in Australia that to one degree or another, isn’t a net beneficiary of settlement.
All this does is simply confirm in the minds of the majority of Australians that there is a cohort of a minority of only a few thousand highly educated, well heeled Aboriginal activists, aided and abetted by the hard left, that want to grift and bludge off the rest of Australia.
They are the distilled essence, the crystallisation of a non contributing grifting grievance culture that has been infused into the bloodstream Australia society.
And the Liberals? What will they do about it? Don’t hold your breath….
“…𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐛𝐲-𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲.
𝐀𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 “𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭” 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝟔𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬.
𝐀𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧, 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬’ 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬…”
Below I’ve posted the Sunday Credlin column in its entirety…
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“…Where Victoria goes, there goes Australia under Labor. The latest abomination is the treaty legislation rammed through the state parliament on Thursday that will give the 1 per cent of Victorians who identify as Indigenous a disproportionate say over how the state is run and a greater claim on its resources.
Even though almost 55 per cent of Victorians voted No to the Voice and its Indigenous separatism at a federal level.
The recent establishment of medical apartheid at one Victorian public hospital emergency department, with all Indigenous patients classified as urgent regardless of their medical need, is a sign of the favouritism that will inevitably seep in under these new administrative arrangements.
The South Australian Labor government has already established a state-based Indigenous Voice to parliament (although not a treaty, yet).
The NSW Labor government is working towards establishing a treaty with a state-based Voice.
And, until it lost last year’s election, so was the former Queensland Labor government.
In other words, Labor is trying to achieve by legislation what Australians comprehensively rejected at a referendum.
𝐀𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤.
Under the legislation just passed, Victoria is to establish what’s to be called Gellung Warl, a new statutory body incorporating the existing First Peoples’ Assembly plus further two further entities:
One to monitor government’s performance in advancing Indigenous interests; the other a “truth-telling” body to ensure that the “ongoing impacts of colonisation” are widely disseminated, especially in schools.
The term “Gellung Warl” reportedly comes from the Indigenous people of what’s now Gippsland and means “tip of the spear” – a spear of revenge, it seems, for the sometimes real but often much exaggerated injustices of the distant past.
Supporting documentation for the Victorian legislation states that “the colony of Victoria was established without the consent, negotiation or recognition of the traditional owners”.
It goes on: “What followed was violence, destruction, and dispossession – a rush to take land, lives and resources, leaving lasting scars on families, communities and country itself”.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 … 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬” 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭”.
𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞) 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞; 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲), 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫-𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.
Like the Voice, the Victorian First Peoples’ Assembly will now become, effectively, a third chamber of the parliament, elected by Aboriginal people (only) and comprising Aboriginal people (only), with a say over almost everything the Victorian government does.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 (𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬) 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟖 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨.
𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓, 𝟖% 𝐨𝐟 𝟏%
𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭.
Under this Treaty, whenever a new bill is introduced into the Victorian parliament, it will now have to be accompanied by a statement as to whether it’s “compatible with addressing the unacceptable disadvantage inflicted on First Peoples by the historic wrongs and ongoing injustices of colonisation”.
The First Peoples’ Assembly will meet annually with government ministers, departmental secretaries and other senior officials to ensure that their work is consistent with advancing the interests of First Peoples.
𝐀𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 “𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭” 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝟔𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬.
𝐀𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧, 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬’ 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬.
Already almost a billion dollars has been spent or is budgeted to be spent on this treaty process and that’s before negotiations about compensation inevitably begin.
What’s intended by this legislation and its coming counterparts in other states is nothing less than the “indigenisation” of all governmental processes – even though this is precisely the outcome that voters rejected just two years ago.
𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐛𝐲-𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, in Bob Hawke’s words, with “no hierarchy of descent” and “no privilege of origin” into a place where people with some Indigenous ancestry have an effective veto over what government can do – unless they’re bought off.
If we want a colour-blind country, we must keep fighting for it because the Left is relentless as Victoria has shown and, unless you fight, it is coming to a state near you too…”