The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia

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Aussie life

Aussie life

It used to be believed that treaties could be agreed only between sovereign nations. No longer. The Victorian government, forward-looking in all things except accurately calculating its budgets, has elevated itself to quasi-national status and is forging ahead with a ‘treaty’ with the Aboriginal ‘community’. (By Aboriginal, of course, they