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Ladies and gentlemen, as a former member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, I would like to express my views on the treatment of the indigenous population of Australia, both in the past and present. As you are all aware of, the Aborigines have been the most racially prejudiced group in Australia. This statement can be backed up by the existence of ill-intentioned policies put in place against Aborigines, which are now considered inhumane and to a degree, genocidal. A typical example of a mistreated Aborigine by the white society is Jimmie Blacksmith. Jimmie was one of the thousands of “half-caste” children living in a black community. He chose to step into the white society, but was ostracized from living and working like a white man. Like all Aborigines living at that time, Jimmie faced atrocious injustice from the white society. Despite efforts to mend the attitudes of whites towards the blacks, racial discrimination still occurs in Australia today. Today, I will talk to you about the generational effects of inequitable wages, lack of voting rights for Abor