If, as a comments contributor claims, "Traumatised refugees who have lost their land, culture and extended relationships and who have no choice but to move into a new culture with which they have little or no acquaintance and no language ability have been able to make a fresh start, come to terms with the new reality, become successful and make a contribution to the host society within a matter of a generation or so", why has the Crown had so much trouble assimilating with Aborigines?

A parliament enacting law by agreement between women's and men's committees can't be all that difficult to achieve.

25 February, 2010