The Other Election
September 22, 2013 11:07 PM   Subscribe

Australia has just had an election and the new Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has pledged himself to be the first Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs. But has he properly consulted?
'The Other Election', run by the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), features over 600 Indigenous kids from around Australia in years 10-12 putting themselves into the hypothetical role of delivering a speech as Australia's first Indigenous prime minister.
Ten finalists were announced today. Voting for the top 3 closes 29 January, 2013. The three best are then headed to Canberra to deliver their speeches in parliament.

Vote 1   Jason G
With a name like G****** the kid's a shoe-in.
posted by de (6 comments total) 6 users marked this as a favorite
 
He's also the minister for women despite a number of quotes that indicate he lives in the 50s. I'd love to discover that any of these speeches had an impact but I'll believe it when I see it.
posted by gronkpan at 2:11 AM on September 23, 2013


You meant January 2014, I assume?
posted by solarion at 3:52 AM on September 23, 2013


The three best are then headed to Canberra to deliver their speeches in parliament.

I wonder which Liberal MPs will make a show of boycotting them for reasons. Bernadi? Joyce? I'm sure someone will find an excuse.
posted by Jimbob at 3:53 AM on September 23, 2013


> You meant January 2014, I assume?
Oh god, no. It's the month I have wrong. No idea what I was thinking.
Voting ends 29 September, 2013. Only days away.


> which Liberal MPs will make a show of boycotting them
I feel certain there'll be a memo sent to the C19+1.


The final 10 have arrived in Sydney, and are workshopping their speeches with some of Australia's best speech writers, celebrities and business people.

The final three will no doubt have new speeches again for parliament.
posted by de at 4:15 AM on September 23, 2013


I wonder which Liberal MPs will make a show of boycotting them for reasons.

Sophie Mirabella, bitch.
She'll show up in Canberra so she can not show up in Parliament.

Man, this Government makes me miss the disfunctional days of the Rudd-Gillard Wars, or the Downer Months.
posted by Mezentian at 5:33 AM on September 23, 2013


Richard Nixon personally intervened in several affairs involving Native American tribes, and to this day, there are rezzes where tribal members will not put up with him being badmouthed in their presence. Indigenous people are so small in number, and their interests add up to so little in monetary terms, that they're easily taken for granted by all parties and governments, and every once in a while a politician can intervene on their behalf, and make a name for himself, wihtout spending much money or political capital, or even much time. Abbot could be a "prime minister for indigenous affairs." All it would take is him being not-a-complete-tosser.
posted by ocschwar at 6:55 AM on September 23, 2013


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