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May 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Australian musicians Paul Kelly, Neil Murray and Archie Roach have joined Northern Territory Aboriginal leaders in rallying against the federal government’s Stronger Futures Laws.
At a memorial concert for acclaimed Australian singer Jimmy Little at Sydney’s Opera House on Thursday night the musicians performed his iconic song Blackfella Whitefella to an audience of 2,500 people.
They dedicated the song to the “Stand for Freedom campaign” which opposes the federal government’s Stronger Futures laws.
The laws continue the former Howard government’s Northern Territory intervention introduced in 2007 to address violence and alcohol abuse in Aboriginal communities.
Little died aged 75 in early April. He made Australian history in 1963 when he had a number one hit with his song Royal Telephone.
He was farewelled at a state memorial service in Sydney on Thursday.
At the Sydney Opera House concert, musicians paid tribute to Little with words and music.
“Many of the musicians spoke of him as the greatest Australian songman,” said former television presenter Jeff McMullen, who was MC at the memorial service earlier in the day.
“They were acknowledging not only his elder status but also that he was the first man to really break through the whiteness of TV in the 1960s.”
He described the mood at the packed Opera House as very, very emotional and full of spirit.
“There was a lot of reflection about what has changed and what has not changed,” Mr McMullen said.
The draft laws are before the Senate and likely to pass with bipartisan support after federal parliament resumes next week.
They include alcohol restrictions and a controversial program that cuts the welfare payments of parents whose kids skip school, known as the student enrolment and attendance measure (SEAM).
The measures are widely opposed by NT Aboriginal communities, who say they were not properly consulted on the government’s plans and that the laws are racist.
Weeks before his death Little wrote an open letter to calling for the Stronger Futures laws to be dumped.
“It is time for Australia to listen to the wisdom of Aboriginal elders who best understand the needs of their community,” Little wrote.
He said the laws do not reflect the “heart-felt views of traditional owners impacted by the proposed ten year extension of the intervention measures.”
Little urged the government to go back to the drawing board and develop a respectful plan of action with indigenous people.
On Wednesday, Aboriginal leaders from Arnhem Land threatened to revolt against the federal government’s Stronger Futures laws.
A group of traditional owners, Yolngu Nations Assembly, representing 8000 people in west, central and east Arnhem Land wrote to Prime Minister Julia Gillard stating that until the laws are dumped they will refuse “participation in land lease negotiations with the federal government and approval for any exploration licences”.
Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser, the Catholic Church and Uniting Church have backed the elder’s stance.
More than 36,000 people have signed the Stand for Freedom campaign petition against the Stronger Future laws.
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