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Jan. 27th, 2012 10:48 amYesterday was Australia Day. The leader of the opposition took the opportunity to piss off the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, celebrating its 40th anniversary - and then went to have lunch in a nearby glass-walled restaurant. This was a mistake. The PM, who was at the lunch handing out Australia Day gongs, was whisked away by police, losing a shoe in the process.
No-one was hurt, and no arrests were made, according to the police. That means two things: (a) the international attention could make this a positive thing for Indigenous Australians; and (b) we can relax and have a good laugh at Julia and her blue suede shoe. (The Italian press apparently reported that she was "pursued by enraged Aborigines". AHA HA HA HA HAHA)
http://media.smh.com.au/news/national-news/come-and-get-your-shoe-julia-2918614.html
This is so brilliant that I'm going to transcribe it:
"First and foremost, on behalf of the Aboriginal Parliament: we thank the leader of the opposition for the incentive to create our Parliament, from today's statement. We wish to make it known that we are appalled at the brutal behaviour that the federal police and the Australian security service handed out to the Prime Minister of Australia that caused her to lose her shoe. [laughter] We would like to extend an invitation to the Prime Minister of Australia to attend the new Aboriginal Parliament to kindly receive her lost shoe. We are not a nation of thieves [huge laugh] and we hope that in a gesture of good will, the Prime Minister of Australia will respond in a like chord and start looking at issues that seriously affect Aboriginal people."
ETA:
The Tent Embassy's Facebook page quipped that "Julia will be eligible to make a shoe title claim which will take approximately 20 years. This will be dependent on Julia being able to show continuous connection with the shoe."
"Elderly Aboriginal activist Pat Eatock proudly held the small blue suede shoe aloft in a shaking hand... 'One shoe. No use to anyone, except my God, it feels useful to hold it.'"
More on the Aboriginal Parliament and its goals.
(Obviously, not all Indigenous people were pleased with the raucous protest.)
No-one was hurt, and no arrests were made, according to the police. That means two things: (a) the international attention could make this a positive thing for Indigenous Australians; and (b) we can relax and have a good laugh at Julia and her blue suede shoe. (The Italian press apparently reported that she was "pursued by enraged Aborigines". AHA HA HA HA HAHA)
http://media.smh.com.au/news/national-news/come-and-get-your-shoe-julia-2918614.html
This is so brilliant that I'm going to transcribe it:
"First and foremost, on behalf of the Aboriginal Parliament: we thank the leader of the opposition for the incentive to create our Parliament, from today's statement. We wish to make it known that we are appalled at the brutal behaviour that the federal police and the Australian security service handed out to the Prime Minister of Australia that caused her to lose her shoe. [laughter] We would like to extend an invitation to the Prime Minister of Australia to attend the new Aboriginal Parliament to kindly receive her lost shoe. We are not a nation of thieves [huge laugh] and we hope that in a gesture of good will, the Prime Minister of Australia will respond in a like chord and start looking at issues that seriously affect Aboriginal people."
ETA:
The Tent Embassy's Facebook page quipped that "Julia will be eligible to make a shoe title claim which will take approximately 20 years. This will be dependent on Julia being able to show continuous connection with the shoe."
"Elderly Aboriginal activist Pat Eatock proudly held the small blue suede shoe aloft in a shaking hand... 'One shoe. No use to anyone, except my God, it feels useful to hold it.'"
More on the Aboriginal Parliament and its goals.
(Obviously, not all Indigenous people were pleased with the raucous protest.)
