Hola,

From pages 63 and 64-latest draft of my attempt at a book:
†Lucy Napaljarri Kennedy was the first Yuendumu resident to be conferred the Order of Australia. That was in 1994.…..Years later, when I had a stay in Alice Springs Hospital, Lucy was down the corridor from where I was. She regularly complained screeching loudly in incomprehensible language. The nurses who treated her like the cantankerous demented old crone she’d become, had no idea that they were dealing with what had been a dignified lady who’d been honoured by the Queen…..

And then this on page 200:
In 2007 Andrew, Peggy and Johnny were awarded the Order of Australia Medal for their pioneering work on the Mt. Theo programme.
Peggy wasn’t too pleased when soon thereafter she was put on Income Management by the Intervention.

Many of you will know the story of the Mediterranean bridge builder:
“See that bridge over there? I built that. And see that other one over there? I also built that. I built many bridges, all over the land. So you think I’m known as Giovanni the Bridge Builder? No sir!
You have sex with one goat and what happens? Everybody calls me Giovanni the goat fucker”

Aretha Franklin’s 1971 version of Bridge over Troubled Waters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7pjMZdcaQI
Stick with this to the end…. The ‘yes I do- whoo’ at 5:24 makes it more than worth it….

The Honourable Bronwyn Kathleen BISHOP Newport NSW 2106 received Order of Australia honours for distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, to the people of New South Wales, and to women in politics.
I don’t know if Bronwyn built any bridges, but everybody knows her for her $5,000 taxpayer funded helicopter joy ride.

The Honourable Tony ABBOTT NSW received Order of Australia honours for eminent service to the people and Parliament of Australia, particularly as Prime Minister, and through significant contributions to trade, border control, and to the Indigenous community.

You should have heard journalist Amy Mcguire on the ABC’s ‘The Drum’! She rattled off a list of Tony’s so called ‘contributions’ to the Indigenous community and came to the conclusion, with which I vehemently concur, that Tony did not deserve the honour and should give it back.

Tony most certainly did not build any bridges.  He’ll be remembered by everybody as Tony the onion biter.

Chau,
Franklin

PS- for your delectation Ronnie from Botswana- may he rest in peace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTvyHKBuUpQ