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Yes, I realise all that.

I didn't think I would have to point it out, but Aboriginals are not indigenous to Australia either. They may have came here some 40000 years ago, although, no, they are not indigenous to the land.

It is a perfect example. Should someone who was born in India to Indian parents, yet is now an Australian citizen and is representing Australia at the London 2012 games be allowed to wear a t-shirt during Olympic competition that is recognising his culture by displaying the Indian flag on it? No.

Mosman.

Re: I absolutely bombed out on my Paper 2 Advanced CSSA trial today, can I still achi I can't see why not.

Yes. It should be enough of an honour for Ricki-lee Coulter or some other singer to sing the national anthem at an event.

So? Many of our Olympians competing for Australia were not born in Australia. Do you think they should wear t-shirts of their former country (before they became an Aus. citizen)? If they tried it they would probably be removed from the team and sent back home to Australia immediately.

Good if you are on the unders for Australian gold medals though.

An Aboriginal elder lights two sticks together and from what I gather, cleanses away the bad spirits etc.

I am happy to show respect, although not pay for it. If the Aboriginal people feel they need a smoking ceremony (another question/debate in itself) then they should do it for free when invited to do so at events.

From article linked above;

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/london-olympics/chinese-schoolgirl-shiwen-ye-swimming-faster-than-men/story-fn9dirj0-1226438946789 Questions are being asked about one Chinese athlete though.

There is. Although I would question why you feel he has a need to "preserve his culture" - why has he not became part of Australian culture (while still retaining some of his own)? This is what I have a problem with. If you can't speak English, don't move to Australia. I can't speak Mandarin...

Governments over the past few years have cut Australia's sporting budgets. Australia doesn't have the money to spend (or waste, depending upon how you look at it) like China does.

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/if_were_so_welcome_why_must_we_pay/ "COUNCILS are spending tens of thousands of dollars on Aboriginal welcome-to-country ceremonies amid claims by a tribal elder that some costs are extravagant. It costs up to $850 for...

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/london-olympics/damien-hooper-will-now-face-former-world-champion-egor-mekhontcev/story-fn9dirj0-1226439016876 "He did it for his people, but officials are warning Australian boxer Damien Hooper not to repeat his entry to the Olympic ring with the...

Ask Andrew Bolt. His is being silenced by the Gillard government and cannot legally even link to some articles published in other major Australian newspapers.

Here here. A lot of Australians hold simialr values although it is not exactly politically correct to express them (although it is something that as a nation we need to address). It is nothing about skin colour, it is all about culture. This was good immigration. The Greeks (for example)...

I concur. I have no problem with the genuine refugees and Australia meeting its commitments under the Refugee Convention. However these 'boat people' as they are commonly referred too are not genuine refugees, they are economic refugees who simply want to skip the (legal) immigration ques and...

I concur.