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    Calls to move Australia Day

    However, this was the case for the overturning of Terra Nullius. Whether or not the Aboriginal or Torres Strait peoples had a concept of ownership had nothing to do with the ruling. Because TN was applicable if there were no people, if the people did not farm and finally if the people had no...
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    Doing a Speech, 2009.

    Yep, we can write a speech about anything. Happily today i had a sudden flash of inspiration and suddenly ideas came pouring out of my head and onto the orange paper i had... which was cool anyways, lol. My speeches were going to be (more than i will finish) -Cuba/S. American revolution; with...
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    Calls to move Australia Day

    It's deffinately a time for a change. Our flag no longer represents us as a people, and, i find sometimes, reminds me of the Cronulla Riots... Just because something like that takes place doesn't mean we should rush out and change our flag, but we should have changed it before then, now the...
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    Calls to move Australia Day

    You're right about Mabo rasengan90. The Torres Strait peoples owned their land, and also Farmed it, and it was this farming that allowed the High Court to overrule Terra Nullius
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    Calls to move Australia Day

    I don't think it is feasible to move Australia Day, although it is regretably also Invasion Day for the Indigenous population. Another day of Australian National celebration would be good, sadly Federation took place on the 1st January... There should probably be a national holiday for the...
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    Doing a Speech, 2009.

    Yeah, i know what you mean. And it's not a commone thing to find stories about in spectrum and the such. I know the CWA give out a proforma on their idea of a speech before the public speaking before their competition, I might get a copy of it this year. I'll give it a look. I have a bunch of...
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    Doing a Speech, 2009.

    Speech writing conventions, anything. I think it would look good in my journal... I'm really hating the thing, i picked speeches because it was my strength... I have never 'learnt' how to do it... That one about the american civil war, was that a major work from a few years ago? My school...
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    Doing a Speech, 2009.

    Hey, I'm planning to do a speech for my major work, but i'm having trouble with working my concept through other related work in both Advanced and Extension one. I want to do a set of speeches on the concept of Revolution. Also, i'm having trouble coming across helpful information from sources...
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