tell it as it is Tony, page-26

abbott was probably way to generous with his words, where the less said, the better - after all, he could have said the following.....

there was nothing but bush

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, the local people, who were hunter gatherers



(but when it got cold, they wore possum skins for warmth)

who lived in mia mias



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but like any other nomadic peoples, there were people here with sophisticated systems and societies and rules,"

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and one could never forget that the returning boomerang was unique to some australian aborigines -  - showing an advanced knowledge of aerodynamic design


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yep - maybe that is what abbott could have said