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Queensland’s Bjelke-Petersen government wanted to discriminate against Aborigines

Joh’s cabinet anxious about Labor rise, news.com.au   Wednesday January 1, 2014 “…….Attorney-General Sam Doumany said the election of the Hawke government had paved the way for the Commonwealth to start making new sexual and racial discrimination laws.

His warning came in the wake of a 1982 High Court decision which found the Bjelke-Petersen government was acting discriminatorily by blocking the purchase of land by Aboriginal people in northern Queensland.

He said the High Court would ‘no longer provide any great protection’ because the majority of justices were ‘opposed to the long-term interests of the states’…..

The disposal of radioactive sand left over from sand mining was also at the fore as the  government grappled with where to dump the substance, which had a half-life of 10,000 million years….. http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/johs-cabinet-anxious-about-labor-rise/story-e6frfku9-1226792829851

January 2, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | history, Queensland