Lappy,I think whether directly voted in or annointed, Im all in favour of a bigger representation of our indiginous people in parliament. There is a precedence for this,at least in WA,the mining compaines have a 10 percent hiring list for indigenous applicants,and I tip my hat to the likes of Andrew Forrest for coming up with this idea.
Irrespective of abbotts kick in the guts to Ken Wyatt for being an urban Aboriginal,and Bonner and Ridgeway "openly" aboriginal ,lets not forget the reluctant aboriginal brough. Should the NT labor pollie get up it can only help IMHO. As per usual,a lot of liberal bitching for the sake of it.
