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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
In three selected respects, Australia’s institutions and culture both reflect and influence our national identity and in so doing. it is argued, detract from Australia’s economic performance. Australia’s tax system favours the accumulation of wealth through borrowing and speculative investment rather than through working and saving. Australia’s popular culture values excellence in sport but in little else (reflecting which, governments and business devote resources to the pursuit of sporting excellence but in little else). Finally, Australian governments, like some governments overseas, have responded to the threats perceived to be posed by terrorism and corporate malfeasance in ways that have significantly added to costs and detracted from productivity whilst doing little to reduce the threat from either.
Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Published Papers
The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
