This is classical - poor old Julia, she just can't make a decent decision.
A RISING Aboriginal Northern Territory politician Adam Giles has ... accused the Prime Minister of making a choice based on race rather than merit and suggesting Ms Peris would be a “pet Aborigine” in the parliament.
Mr Giles, the Minister for Local Government, Infrastructure and Transport in the Mills government, told The Weekend Australian: ... “It is not about just having some sort of token or pet Aborigine in parliament. People want representatives based on merit, not on race.
“I think it is quite obvious to everyone that Julia Gillard has picked Nova based on her race rather than on her merit—and I’m not reflecting on Nova.”
Giles even suggests Aboriginal voters are less racist than the Prime Minister - as in more inclined to judge people as individuals than as representatives of some “race”:
He said it was wrong and “disrespectful” to suggest that Aboriginal people would vote for Ms Peris because of the colour of her skin.
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Prominent Territory indigenous figure and Labor Party member Tracker Tilmouth said the Territory election had taught Aborigines their votes mattered. “Unfortunately, this hasn’t been able to be properly read by the Prime Minister,” he scornfully declared. ”Probably the last time she saw a real Aborigine was when she was licking a postage stamp.”
