Australian of the Year

[jean2579]

I don't feel comfortable with the 2014 Australian of the Year, Mr. Goode. I just can't help feeling that if he could not handle the rudeness and bad manners of a 13 year old girl without crucifying her on most forms of social media to make a political point of his own, however justified is  concerning. I wonder how he will handle interjections and comments he finds offensive during his term of office.

[vampire-teddy]

in the past few years among others we have had a journalist/business woman, a singer, an actor and over the years steve waugh, alan border and mark taylor have won.  how is this man any less deserving than them if he has done work for th indigenous and wider community.  the attitude to his winning just demonstrates how important his work is imo.  

and that girl did need educating.  racism in any form is ignorant and unacceptable.

[polksaladallie]

FGS Mr Goodes was chosen because he fits in with Abbotts determination to change the constitution this year to recognise indigenous people.  So he can puff up about it. His plan was conveniently outlined in his speech.  End of story.

[izabsmiling]

...though Julia Gillard wasn't chosen just because she was a women ?

Do Adam Goodes and Julia Gillard both have merit outside their gender and  race ?

[freakiness]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

FGS Mr Goodes was chosen because he fits in with Abbotts determination to change the constitution this year to recognise indigenous people.  So he can puff up about it. His plan was conveniently outlined in his speech.  End of story.

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What has motivated Abbott to suddenly give a toss about including the indigenous people in the constitution?

He has zero respect or tolerance for them or their story.

[polksaladallie]

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@freakiness wrote:

What has motivated Abbott to suddenly give a toss about including the indigenous people in the constitution?

He has zero respect or tolerance for them or their story.

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So that we will feel warm and fuzzy and overlook the other stuff he is planning.

[izabsmiling]

not so that we exclude any individual and their merits now.The 'you only won because' attitude....seems unfair imo

[boris1gary]

I get what your saying freaki, but we shouldn't let his (and other's) racism taint us all.

[freakiness]

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@boris1gary wrote:

I get what your saying freaki, but we shouldn't let his (and other's) racism taint us all.

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He's not tainting me. I do feel he's being rather hypocritical though.after the way he's behaved in throughout his political career in respect to ATSI peoples.

[not_an_eloi]

one wonders how goodes feels about abbrot's blatant pre-election lie, to australia's indigenous people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_xJny0vuoo

[boris1gary]

I didn't mean you freaki, not one bit abbott is a hypocrite and much, much worse. I doubt this will trick our indigenous brothers and sisters into thinking he is anything but what he is.