For royalists, the picture of a young Elizabeth dressed in all her finery — the Kohinoor, the royal sceptre with the "stolen" Great Star of Africa — represents a pinnacle of power and dignity.
It was the same when Prince Philip died. As soon as the news broke, he was eulogised, his many racist and deeply offensive comments whitewashed as "gaffes".But the Queen is considered above criticism by many – especially compared to the rest of her family. I have only been in Australia for 20 years and am a firm believer in respecting the culture of the land.They had been here longer than all of us – some say at least 60,000 years. What about them? Could they talk about their dispossession, their feelings of – no doubt – anger at what the gloved and jewel-encased hand of monarchy had wrought upon their people?
Those who remain lucky enough to be untouched by colonialism see no evil. There is no ambiguity, no unfinished business, no injustices to recount.
Republic of Australia coming soon :) time 2 stand up on your own feet Aus ...grow up n get real...
You serious pretty much all that I saw was attention seekers acting like they were survivors from 300 years ago or crap about the two spoiled brats cashing in on trashing their family
Tabloid news from a publicly funded news site. If I want left leaning news, I read the BBC. The ABC is absolute garbage most of the time.
I thought the funeral gave valuable insights into the values of a successful global civilisation. neotribalism the ABC promoted will lead to catastrophe
ABC doesn't believe in free speech,they don't allow much comment on their posts.
Very bias opinion ABC
and how did the help them get heard? By playing slavish, fawning footage of the Queen 24/7 on two TV stations, every radio stations and every social media platform? Why tell 'the other side of the story' now? Why did you wait?
What a load of rubbish. Britain was the most progressive, tolerant of all nations. Our political system, democracy, living standards, legal system etc all emanated from Britain. First nation to make slavery illegal, first modern democracy etc, goes on and on.
Maybe only a few of us were heard because you turned into the worst royal propaganda mouthpiece ever. You ran around 30-50 articles about Queen every day for a week.
That's odd! From the outside it seems like absolutely everyone has something to say, and no qualms whatsoever about saying it!
Now if I was to move to India and then proceed to sook about the caste system and their dysfunctional beauocracy would that make me a whinner, wanker or both ?
'analysis'? With emphasis on the 'anal'
Yes, they’re called The Greens
Which was determined by what that opinion was.
... says one of the primary media gatekeepers in Australia - the one that ran 24/7 gushing coverage of the ERII funeral matters.
Everyone is free to express their opinion but that doesn't mean others have to listen.
Shame on you! There is war in Iran and no coverage from ABC?!! mahsamini مهسا_امینی
Not heard? You must be kiddlng. I needed ear plugs.
It was not about anyone but the deceased.
As someone with Indian ancestry, the article's take on India is a complete hock. The Indian society was in deep state of rot when the British arrived. They civilised India. The author unsurprisingly is an upper caste Hindu who were beneficiaries of that rotten system.
From a broadcaster controlling who is/isn't heard.
That one is called acceptable opinion privilege
Why is the ABC taxpayer funded?
Because the ABC actively blocked our voices. Rang up ABC Radio when they were asking about our views on the Queen and was told they weren't accepting any views that weren't in favour of the Queen. Shameful.
I can only imagine what would occur in India if a migrant of only a score of years criticized the fabric of Indian Society such as the Caste system or religious partitioning. Yet the society that disallows such segregation is the one being questioned and pilloried.
Theproblem in Australia is that we haven’t tackled the past so we can’t move on. We should have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission like Sth Africa after apartheid, establish a day to recognise First Peoples but also continue to recognise our English heritage. Space for both.
Who cares
Took you a while ABC.
A curry murri?
And heard, and heard, and heard, and heard, and heard, and ...
The Queen was the head of a church that sexually abused thousands of Australian kids, and she did nothing.
The dealing in RHETORIC as usual....PRESSING home their leftist OPINION to their LEFTIST VOICES .
You misspelt 'opinion'
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Oh do shut up, we don't need these distractions, let's just get on with life.
Just an absolute lie, there's been heaps of opinions voiced pro and against the queen/ monarchy. This article is a narrative building whinge.
I think the comments about this story prove the point of this story. Also the insane amounts of money spent on morning a member of one of the wealthiest families in the world, while so many are struggling should be condemned
The ones that did not respect the QUEENS passing DON'T DESERVE to live in AUSTRALIA.
How on earth did this meandering mess get published?
Indian ' traumatised' by British colonialism, emigrates to a British colony, then bitches about British colonialism. You might want to find out why it was so easy for the Brits to administer India, in the first place.
The death of the queen proved what we long suspected - that the ABC has been taken over by the LNP extremists.
If Australia is so racist why is all the immigration 'to' Australia. No-one is immigrating to Third-World shiteholes.
Defund the anti Australian ABC. Not the ABC for the majority any more.
You do realise since moving to Australia you have become part of the problem of colonialism on FirstNation people?When invited to a party by gatecrasher you are also a gatecrasher. NeelimaChoahan abcnews InsidersABC insiders australian GuardianAus SkyNewsAust auspol
This is “opinion” not “analysis”.
“Bow-down before your Rulers” and do not speak….or I’ll have ya bloody head, mate.
Only the British heritage community of Australians since 1901 have been heard!
The Queen's death was another major opportunity for the British Royals to shove it down our throats, that they hold relevance. The displays of pomp and ceremony in today's political era are designed as such. It's them attempting to cling on to the cash cow
Monarchy haters ABC, anti-Australian democracy ABC The divisive racist ABC haters are at it again!
The people who run our public broadcaster clearly hate our country’s Western heritage & are relentless in its criticism.
When are we going to get an analysis that is balanced it seems my taxes are paying for this left wing crap.
opinion Only a few were heard because there was only a few to be heard...
No one allowed me to express my opinion either. We should all be allowed to write a piece and have it published by the ABC. This author is certainly amongst the privileged few.
don't understand why people create the privileged moreover kneel to it, everyone is equal, no one can be enslaved against their will unless it is by force or brainwash, so australia who is your master
Not everyone has to be heard all the time. Whether we like it or not The Queen was the Australian head of state
It wouldn’t be Sunday without a white guilt ABC opinion piece with a slanted view of history. How nice that the author can move to Australia and then trash everything it was founded on.
India should be grateful to the British. Look what it brought.
I didn't ask to be heard. I just switched off.
What a divisive piece by someone who claims to speak for “those like me, people of colour, the Irish, and most importantly, our Indigenous community”.
getting the OZ military on the job was the easy part
Visiting India several years ago. I couldn’t help notice the trains were still from the British Era. India has progressed so forward since then. 🤷♀️
In a democracy, the majority are usually heard because they're the loudest.
If I disagree with Stan Grant, does that make me a racist?
This is childish, self indulgent nonsense.
And yet the colonists that built this great country that you now call home get no recognition what’s so ever. Without their blood, sweat and tears there would be no Australia. Just bush, scattered with nomadic Stone Age people that share more of your ancestry Neelima.
Exactly the same in the U.K. Most of the media has been taken over by the North Korea Ministry of Propaganda when it comes to reporting on the Monarchy. Sycophancy a pre requisite to report on monarchy
Yet shoved it down our throats for 2 weeks.
ABC has turned into the Women’s Weekly under ITAs watch. What a joke , you’re supposed to represent Australians views not the UK’s
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