Tony Abbott's says..The first lot of Australians were chosen by

[izabsmiling]

...... the finest judges in England

http://www.tonyabbott.com.au/News/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9041/Remarks-at-City-of-Holdfast-Bay-Australia-Day-Awards-and-Citizenship-Ceremony-Adelaide.aspx

Remarks at City of Holdfast Bay Australia Day Awards and Citizenship Ceremony, Adelaide

  Posted on Saturday, 26 January 2013

[just_me_karen]

No, your other thread about this quote:

http://community.ebay.com.au/topic/Community-Spirit/Lot-Australians-Chosen/500161532

[izabsmiling]

That's weird Karen.I have SR'd that.When I was typing the post it came up with an error failed to post message (I hadn't finished).So I finished and then posted .It obviously did post that 1st time.

lol TGSE It may be the best thing for you to do 

[izabsmiling]

British values, institutions have stood the test of time, Tony Abbott says

Dec 17 2012

Like about a million other Australians, including Prime Minister Gillard, who also came to Australia as a child, I was born in Britain. As well as people, the British Isles have given Australia our language, our system of law and our parliamentary democracy. The conviction that an Englishman’s home is his castle and faith in British justice, no less than the understanding that Jack is as good as his master, have taken strong root in Australia. As my former teacher, Father Ed Campion, used to say of our country: the English made the laws, the Scots made the money, and the Irish made the songs!

So when the plane bringing me back to Britain flew low up the Thames Valley and I saw for the first time as an adult Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, St Paul’s cathedral and the Tower of London, I had a sense of belonging, not because I was born here but because our culture was. Australians shouldn’t be oblivious to our heritage just because we have refined it and improved it and because we also honour the way it has been added to and deepened by the people of many other cultures who have been attracted to it.

read more;

http://australianconservative.com/2012/12/british-values-institutions-have-stood-the-test-of-time-tony-abbott-says/

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised either Karen.

[i-need-a-martini]

iza - that speech is just scary.

Why doesn't he just team up with Pauline Hanson and be done with it?

The rest of the speech is appalling  - the only heritage worth mentioning is British (mentioned over and OVER again!) and yet when he mentions other countries it is only in terms of economic importance. He is almost apologetic about our geography as if Australia has been most unfortunate to be situated near Asia instead of next to the 'motherland.'.

What a goose.

[cueperkins]

I agree...an elite brainless goose.

[jonnjenn]

same old same old....uhhhhh

don't think I can stand another 8 months:-(

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Yes ,Tony is certainly constant.(and predictable).:-D

[vampire-teddy]

did he mention that the british only used this country because they wanted a dumping ground for their oppressed and that many of the convicts were irish who were treated appallingly by the brtish or that they colonised this and many other countries around the world with no regard for the original inhabitants.  

[izabsmiling]

He does seem to have left some things and some people out .

Abbott criticised for 'urban Aboriginal' comment

Posted Tue Nov 13, 2012 6:04pm AEDT

PHOTO: Ken Wyatt was the first Indigenous Australian elected to Federal Parliament's Lower House. (A...RELATED STORY: Abbott beats drum for more Indigenous MPsMAP: Australia

The nephew of West Australian Liberal MP Ken Wyatt says it is offensive for Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to use the phrase "urban Aboriginal" to describe his uncle.

The Australian newspaper reports Mr Abbott allegedly described Ken Wyatt at a dinner on Saturday night as "not a man of culture".

Mr Abbott today did not deny he had made the remark, and described Mr Wyatt - the first Indigenous MP in the House of Representatives - as an "urban Aboriginal".

read more:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-13/abbott-criticised-for-urban-aboriginal-mp-comment/4369688

from further down in that article;

Ben Wyatt is a Labor MP in the West Australian State Parliament and he says the remark in reference to his uncle is despicable.

"Tony Abbott needs to have a thorough understanding of Aboriginal history of Aboriginal identification and Aboriginal culture," he said.

I think Ken Wyatt's the man to sit him down and have that discussion.

"I cannot believe that Ken Wyatt would again find himself under attack from the Liberal Party in particular, [and] the would-be prime minister Tony Abbott, who seems to have absolutely no understanding at all about Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal history.

"To suggest that Ken is not a sufficient Aboriginal for Tony Abbott because he's not a man of culture, I think not only Ken will find offensive but every Western Australian should find offensive.

"Particularly those Aboriginal people, the vast majority of Aboriginal people who do live in our nation's cities and towns."

Ken Wyatt issued a statement to say he has had extensive discussions with Mr Abbott about the comments.

He says he agreed with Mr Abbott that it would be great to have a higher representation of Indigenous Australians in the Parliament.

Did those extensive discussions do any good ?

[i-need-a-martini]

OMG! The man is a moron.

How degrading for our country if he manages to make it to PM! 😮

[katydidthat]

The British caused incredible harm across the lands they conquered and held and plundered ... the world is still suffering from the damage of colonisation and imposition of borders.