Various legal issues will be explained where necessary to provide
the reader with a greater understanding of the seriousness of the
problems of genocide and abuse of human rights in Australia.
Australia’s Indigenous Peoples include both Aborigines and Torres Strait
Islanders.
Before European settlement, the continent of Australia consisted of approximately
600 Tribes/Peoples,
these being separate Nations in the true meaning of the word "Nation".
Each Nation consisted of its own land with defined borders, the people had
communal title, and were
governed by common laws, or what is termed as Aboriginal Customary Laws, or
Torres Strait Islander
Customary Laws.
Nations traded with one other, and each Nation rigorously defended its borders.
Since the ‘British discovery’ of Australia in 1770 by Captain James
Cook, and the subsequent
settlement by British settlers and others, many Indigenous People were shot
and poisoned, they were
illegally dispossessed of their lands, they were illegally and forcibly moved
to different areas
to live, and many also died of disease introduced by the settlers.
Some were also subjected to slave labour and steel chains, and many suffered
opression and racial
discrimination, just to name a few of the acts of abuse of human rights imposed
on them by the settlers,
police and purported colonial governments.
Even today some Indigenous People are being murdered in police custody and
jail (covered up as
accidents), and most Indigenous People endure opression and are still dispossessed
of their lands.
The purported State governments and the purported Commonwealth Government
are
responsible for the crimes of genocide and abuse of human rights.
These purported governments use propaganda and industrial psychology to conceal
the crimes of
genocide and abuse of human rights from most Australians and the international
community.
As an example, the purported Commonwealth Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
is used as a
'window dressing' and 'smoke scree' to keep the international community ‘satisfied’
(that everything is
alright) and deceived as to the real facts about the condition of Australia’s
Indigenous Peoples.
Currency is spent on Australia's Indigenous People through welfare programmes,
however a proportion
of this currency is wasted as with all burocracies.
When amounts spent on welfare are considered with a true and complete understanding
of the legal
situation, the amount spent accounts for very little when compared to the
value of the vast amounts
of lands which were illegally stolen from Australia's Indigenous People.
Notwithstanding the fact that welfare programmes are used for non-indigenous
Australians, these
programmes are smoke screens to deceive the international community.
The failures of and problems associated with welfare programmes are not often
published by the
purported governments.
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders on average still experience a shorter
life span than non-indigenous
people.
This newsletter has been produced to expose the true facts about the problems
associated with Australia's
Indigenous People to the international community.
It is hoped that information, facts and evidence contained in these newsletters
will add to other sources
about the plight of Australia’s indigenous Peoples, and be a catalyst
in strengthening international support.
Australia’s Indigenous People desperately need the help of the international
community.
Their greatest enemies are the purported governments.
Questions and suggestions received from readers will also play a part in
the direction that these
newsletters will follow.
This title was chosen as it summarises the actions of the governments
of the purported
Commonwealth of Australia in one phrase.
The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary defines the following:
Genocide - the deliberate
extermination of a People or Nation.
Stealth - secrecy, secret, furtive or underhanded procedure.
All governments of the purported Commonwealth of Australia are involved in
major abuse of human
rights, and a very gradual genocide of Australia's Indigenous Peoples.
Some may have heard the story about the frog in a pot of water. If the water
is heated slowly to boiling
the frog will eventually die. If the frog is placed in a pot of very hot water
it would attempt to jump out.
The genocide commited on Australia's Indigenous People is so gradual and deceptive
as to escape
attention by the international community.
Below I have marked "GUILTY" (in red bold) against present actions
of the purported governments
in regards to various sections of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal
Court.
Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court
Article 6, Genocide:
For the purpose of this Statute, "genocide" means any of the following
acts committed with intent to
destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group,
as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; GUILTY
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to
bring about its physical
destruction in whole or in part; GUILTY
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Article
7, Crimes against humanity:
1. For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means
any of the following acts when
committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any
civilian population,
with knowledge of the attack:
(a) Murder; GUILTY
(b) Extermination;
(c) Enslavement;
(d) Deportation or forcible transfer of population; GUILTY
(e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation
of fundamental
rules of international law; GUILTY
(f) Torture;
(g) Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced
sterilization, or
any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
(h) Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political,
racial, national, ethnic,
cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that
are universally
recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any
act referred
to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court; GUILTY
(i) Enforced disappearance of persons;
(j) The crime of apartheid; GUILTY
(k) Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great
suffering, or
serious injury to body or to mental or physical health. GUILTY
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(a) "Attack directed against any civilian population" means a course
of conduct involving
the multiple commission of acts referred to in paragraph 1 against any civilian
population,
pursuant to or in furtherance of a State or organizational policy to commit
such attack;
(b) "Extermination" includes the intentional infliction of conditions
of life, inter alia the
deprivation of access to food and medicine, calculated to bring about the
destruction
of part of a population;
(c) "Enslavement" means the exercise of any or all of the powers
attaching to the right
of ownership over a person and includes the exercise of such power in the
course
of trafficking in persons, in particular women and children;
(d) "Deportation or forcible transfer of population" means forced
displacement of the
persons concerned by expulsion or other coercive acts from the area in which
they
are lawfully present, without grounds permitted under international law;
(e) "Torture" means the intentional infliction of severe pain or
suffering, whether physical
or mental, upon a person in the custody or under the control of the accused;
except
that torture shall not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent
in or incidental
to, lawful sanctions;
(f) "Forced pregnancy" means the unlawful confinement of a woman
forcibly made pregnant,
with the intent of affecting the ethnic composition of any population or carrying
out other
grave violations of international law. This definition shall not in any way
be interpreted as
affecting national laws relating to pregnancy;
(g) "Persecution" means the intentional and severe deprivation of
fundamental rights contrary
to international law by reason of the identity of the group or collectivity;
(h) "The crime of apartheid" means inhumane acts of a character
similar to those referred to
in paragraph 1, committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of
systematic
oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group
or groups
and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime;
(i) "Enforced disappearance of persons" means the arrest, detention
or abduction of persons
by, or with the authorization, support or acquiescence of, a State or a political
organization,
followed by a refusal to acknowledge that deprivation of freedom or to give
information on
the fate or whereabouts of those persons, with the intention of removing them
from the
protection of the law for a prolonged period of time.
The purported HREOC, a purported government department, is a major 'con organisation'
to deceive
many Australians and the international community into believing that human
rights standards are generally
OK in Australia, and that human rights abuses are generally being investigated
to provide acceptable
solutions. The purported HREOC does do some good, and there are probably a
number of genuine and
sincere staff working for the purported HREOC, however one must realise that
any 'con organisation'
must demonstrate some good so as not to be discovered for what it really is.
The purported HREOC was established in 1986 by an act of the purported Federal
Parliament.
The stated goal of the purported HREOC is to foster greater understanding
and protection of human
rights in Australia and to address the human rights concerns of a broad range
of individuals and groups.
It is reported as being an independent statutory organisation which reports
to the purported Federal
Parliament through the purported Attorney-General.
It is not an independent statutory organisation, it is controlled by the
purported Commonwealth
government.
The purported Commission is a collegiate body made up of a President and five Commissioners.
The purported Commission states its responsibilities include:
1. education
and public awareness
2. discrimination and human rights complaints
3. human rights compliance
4. policy and legislative development.
The purported Commission states the following:
1. Every
person has inherent dignity and value. Human rights help us to recognise and
respect
that fundamental worth in ourselves and in each other.
2. Human rights are the same for all people everywhere - male and female,
young and old, rich
and poor, regardless of our background, where we live, what we think or what
we believe.
This is what makes human rights 'universal'.
3. Human rights are important. They recognise our freedom to make choices
about our life and
develop our potential as human beings. They ensure that we can live free from
fear, harassment
or discrimination.
4. Respect for human rights helps build strong communities, based on equality
and tolerance,
in which every person has an opportunity to contribute. Of course, having
others respect our
human rights comes with the responsibility that we respect the rights of others.
5. Discrimination occurs when a person, or a group of people, are treated
less favourably than
another person or group because of age, race, colour, national or ethnic origin;
sex, pregnancy
or marital status; disability; religion; sexual preference; or some other
central characteristic.
The purported Commission states it is responsible for administering the following
purported Federal laws:
1. Age
Discrimination Act 2004
2. Disability Discrimination Act 1992
3. Racial Discrimination Act 1975
4. Sex Discrimination Act 1984
5. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986
The purported Commission states that it has specific responsibilities under
the:
1. Native
Title Act 1993, to report on the exercise and enjoyment of the human rights
of
Indigenous people with regards to native title (performed by the Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner)
(Reports
on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights of Indigenous People are reports
to which members of the purported Parliament do little about)
2. Workplace Relations Act 1996, in relation to federal awards and equal pay
(performed
by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner).
The purported Commission also states that the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission
Act 1986 gives the Commission responsibility in relation to the following
human rights instruments
ratified by Australia:
1. International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
2. Convention Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation
(ILO 111)
3. Convention on the Rights of the Child
4. Declaration of the Rights of the Child
5. Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
6. Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, and
7. Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination
Based on
Religion or Belief.
(The HREOC gives little more than lip service to the International Treaties)
History books tell us that Captain James Cook (from England) discovered Australia
in 1770.
Australia was of course a discovery to him, however Australia's Aborigines
and Torres Strait Islanders
lived in Australia for thousands of years prior to Cook sailing past their
lands.
The Dutch, and it is believed that also the Chinese and other South Pacific
Islanders visited Australia
before Cook.
By comparison with history records since 1770, not much is known about Australia
before 1770,
however some information will be provided in following newsletters.
In contemplation of Captain James Cook discovering a 'new' country, his orders,
as contained in his diary,
30 June 1768, read in part:
"...
You are likewise to observe the Genius, Temper, Disposition and Number of
the Natives, if there
be any and endeavour by all proper means to cultivate a Friendship and
Alliance with them,
making them presents of such Trifles as they may Value inviting them to Traffick,
and Shewing
them every kind of Civility and Regard; taking Care however not to suffer
yourself to be surprized
by them, but to be always upon your guard against any Accidents.
You are also with the Consent of the Natives to take Possession of Convenient
Situations
in the Country in the Name of the King of Great Britain: Or: if you find
the Country uninhabited
take Possession for his Majesty by setting up Proper Marks and Inscriptions,
as first discoverers
and possessors ..... "
These purportedly 'good intentions' by the King of Great Britain for his
subjects to cultivate a
friendship and alliance with the 'Natives', to show them every kind of civility
and regard, and
with the Consent of the Natives to take Possession of Convenient Situations,
was not followed.
Britain's taking over of Australia was illegal under international law, even
back in the 1700's.
The land was not bought from the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, nor
was there a treaty,
nor was there an official war.
The British and other early settlers moved in to Australia and took land as
if the Aborigines and Torres
Strait Islanders were wild savages, being a lower form of human life, not
entitled to possess land and
not able to exercise common law rights.
The Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders were chased off their lands, shot
and poisoned, and many
died from disease introduced to Australia after 1770.
Even if Australia had been taken legally by Britain, the Aborigines and Torres
Strait Islanders were
entitled to possessory title (similar to Native Title) under the common law
which the English would
have purportedly brought with them.
Jon Shedden is of part Aboriginal descent from the
Ngulungbara Aboriginal Nation. The Ngulungbara
Nation once inhabited the northern 'third portion' of K'Guri (Fraser Island).
Jon's story is one of horrible abuse and intimidation by Queensland Parks
and Wildlife Service (QPWS)
staff and Queensland Police while living on K'Guri.
To add here, others and I have also been abused and intimidated by QPWS staff
while on K'Guri.
The crimes committed against Jon occurred in a World Heritage Area and as
such can only cause
more damage to Australia's already poor reputation on human rights abuse.
The following is a transcript of the letter written (without prejudice) in
February 2004 to Elder John
Dalungdalee Jones© asking for help.
Feb 2004
John Jones.
How are you?
My name is Jon Shedden. My address is Fishermans Reserve, Sandy Cape, Fraser
Island.
I believe my grandfather was born up here to an Aboriginal mother. It has
taken me
over 30 years of my life to find here and a lot of hardship and loneliness.
Since I've been coming here I have been continuously harrassed, stolen from,
insulted etc.
4 yrs ago - 1st day on island at Sandy Cape my boss
at the time asked a ranger (Aub)
were there any benefits for Aboriginals on the island, such as - places to
go - less camping fees.
He replied "No and if they wanted to be treated like a coon they better
act like one".
He also said to me that the beach past the light house was to be closed and
the only way I was
to go up that beach was to catch a brumby and ride it.
After this I was left at Waddy Point for a month to watch for fish and I worked
on a reef boat.
I was then chased off with agression by a ranger (Paul Fishburn).
He then stole my bed and cooking gear.
Next time I went back I rowed a 7' dingy from Tin Can Bay to Sandy Cape.
At Kingfisher Bay I was told by a ranger to "move on".
When I arrived at Sandy Cape I was packed into Aub's truck with agression,
taken to Waddy
where they gave back my bed and was thrown off the island and told never ever
to come back.
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After the next years mullet season (winter) I was given a truck & drove
it to Waddy Point to
talk to grandad, have a rest then go to Sandy Cape to a job.
I was harrassed there by Paul Fishburn for 3 days continuously.
I also was giving a hand at the shop at Orchid Beach.
The police were then involved. They told me to leave the island.
A bit later a cousin was dying so I went to Sandy Cape to see him off.
I was harrassed by Aub - threatened with police action if I didn't leave.
I then came back here after the next mullet season as caretaker - labourer
at this address.
I was threatened and harrassed by about 30 line fishermen.
I was then arrested & thrown off the island for the 5th time by police
acting under Paul
Fishburns recommendation.
I then came back at the beginning of this last mullet season where I have
been continuously
harrassed , insulted, stolen from by the ranger Aub.
By October I was arrested & made to walk with no money, no food from Eurong
to Hervey Bay
court & back to Sandy Cape - followed by sickness from starvation, stress
- being cold & wet.
I was then told by Aub I was sacked by my boss and to leave or he'd pull the
camp down.
I was not sacked & did not have to leave.
All of this has caused me loss in income, physical & mental health problems
and I still
don't know who my family is.
I have witnesses proof etc. of all this. I intend to take this to court -
would you like to be involved?
Regards
Jon Shedden.
Elder Jones and I are attempting to assist Jon, however this is very difficult
given that the purported
courts are so corrupt and controlled by the purported State Government of
Queensland.
- General information and history about Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.
- Deaths, and physical and mental abuse in custody, and the cover-ups.
- Stories of abuse of human rights inflicted on various Indigenous Groups,
and individual people.
- Stolen wages.
- The Commonwealth Native Title Act 1993 - a 'con' designed to fail Australia's
Indigenous People.
- Theft of land and sea, minerals etc; extinguishment of Native Title on land
and sea.
- Genocide: the very gradual and underhanded process whereby the purported
governments are
destroying the Aboriginal's and Torres Strait Islander's identity, their culture,
their possession of lands
and seas etc.
- The illegality of the purported Commonwealth of Australia, including its
governments and entire
legal system.
- Corruption of the purported governments and purported judicial system.
- World Heritage listing of various areas of Australia, and its affect on
land titles.
- International laws; Maritime and Admiralty laws; the Uniform Commercial
Code etc.
- The bankruptsy of the purported Commonwealth of Australia, Australian currency
not being
backed by gold, and how this affects common law and land titles.