Wait a second, a large and complex group of people a good reason why they should set up some sort of editor position for Indigenous Australians! Great idea Firetorch![quote=“Bluejays1985, post:227, topic:216, full:true”]
I’m trying not to but I can’t understand this reasoning or issue with Stan Grant’s new show with the ABC and his position?
[/quote]It’s not any real issue. It’s the same dogwhistle “concern” employed by the likes of Andrew Bolt to undermine ideas they don’t like.
I can see why you don’t understand - you obviously have a comprehension problem.
We’re talking about the creation of an Indigenous affairs editor for the ABC, not Stan Grant being given a 7:30 show on a Friday night.
It’s pretty simple really.
Almost as hilarious as your Abbott eating onion avatar. Side-splitting! And so totally unexpected.
You forgot to call me Hitler, though.
Er…yes, his job will literally be to ONLY look at issues affecting ONE race of Australians.
Oh please - I’ve set my issue out in so much detail that for you to come back with this as a reply just shows you’re a troll ready to go round and round in circles.
Dissect and analyse the issues I have raised - fine. Pretend you haven’t read my extremely length posts where I have set out in detail the issue - tiresome and silly.
Yes, the same way Indian Australians or Chinese Australians are a large and complex group of people too. Individuals that not only have suffered in their homeland (thus usually the reason for immigrating), but also face daily discrimination in Australia.
You’re making me laugh.
Address the legislation, address my issue, otherwise, just go away.
Sick of tiresome, childish ‘quips’ and smart-arse reponses here to actual substantive analysis.
And they have many programs in their own languages produced from their homelands housing billions. Australian indigenous people… not so lucky.
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Sick of tiresome, childish ‘quips’ and smart-arse reponses here to actual substantive analysis.
[/quote]Pick one.
But…but…we’re not talking about an Indigenous program. We’re talking about the NEWS. You must have a comprehension problem, as I’ve already noted that Stan Grant will have TWO roles at the ABC, and we are discussing ONE of those roles here.
Further, the “homeland of Indigenous Australians” already produces a whole channel of content - NITV.
Also, native programs of Australians of other backgrounds do not cover the issues they face HERE, in Australia. What affects a Chinese mainlander is different to that of a Chinese Australian.
Ah, I addressed so many substantive points directly to you yesterday, and you still haven’t addressed any. You liked going around in circles about trivial nonsense, it seems.
My first statement was in response to someone saying themselves they couldn’t understand what I was saying. I proceeded to actually explain again, and noted they literally had a comprehension problem considering it was set out in detail many times already.
I didn’t just call him Che Guevara, Karl Marx or some other stupid left-wing related smart arse quip and leave it at that - the same way I was called Donald Trump or Andrew Bolt.
Anyway, like I’ve already said, if you’re not going to address the legislation or my issues raised, then just go away. It really is very simple.
That people seem to be irritated with me talking simple fact, strikes me as very odd.
It’s akin to the BBC hiring an editor to cover news bits that only affect Anglo Saxons. Not Normans. Definitely not. Only one race of people. And one that has been in the UK longer than another.
Just shows how dopey some Australians are, and how some love to fluff their feathers, flap their wings and claim they are the most progressive person out there - even though they’ve got zero idea what they’re talking about.
You know when someone argues the focus on only ONE race is evidence of diversity (ie MULTIPLE races), that you’re through the looking hole. 2+2 = Bolt/Hitler/Trump, to some children.
I think I’m starting to regret posting the press release…
I have a headache.
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The legislation you’ve posted doesn’t preclude the ABC from making what is in effect an operational decision to have a news editor dedicated to a particular topic - I dont see how having an indigenous affairs editor is any different to having a health, education, sports, parliament editor (etc).
While the position of editor may be new - the ABC have had people dedicated to reporting and producing content related to indigenous affairs for some time now.
Do you have any proof that this will occur or is this simply supposition on your part
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ABC News tribute to Brisbane weather presenter Jenny Woodward…
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Vanessa O’Hanlon presented weather on ABC News Victoria tonight.
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I was waiting for a point similar to this to be made. Sure, the ABC has editors in a range of areas. However, an editor confined to issues which affect only one particular race, and thus ignores the cultural diversity and multicultural character of the Australian community, would not be appropriate. For example, a health editor confined to issues regarding the health of Chinese Australians would conflict with the legislation.
If the Indigenous affairs editor is tasked with looking at the social disadvantage faced by Indigenous Australians, then great - call him a Social Disadvantage editor. There is no reason for that role to be restricted to issues which affect Indigenous Australians. What are the social issues affecting other groups of Australians? And in any case, the ABC already has a social affairs correspondent, Norman Hermant, which again makes me wonder about the necessity of this position.
No, I don’t have “proof” about a future event, lol. That it was a hypothesis put forward by myself is obvious on its face. Further, it’s also a fairly obvious conclusion - I noted the example of what has happened at other networks when dedicated editors are appointed to certain issues.
Vanessa presenting weather this week while Paul is on holidays.
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Thankfully the rebrand was done externally.
$20 on Australia Day for the rollout.
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