Racism, Equality and The Aust Government.

An Australian company has bid for an secured a contract for a US company. The rules of many US companies, especially if they are tied to the government, specify that certain groups cannot be involved in the process. The Australian government stepped in and said that such groups had to be considered and not discriminated against.

Put another way if the Australian firm is forced to follow what the Aust. government wants they will lose the contract. The term "equality" is very loosely applied here. There is a Bill being proposed in South Australia called the Equal Opportunity (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2008. It is a lot like the Anti Vilification Bill passed in Victoria but with the worst part taken out. It still sets up a condition where minorities are favoured over the majority. It also sets up a condition where subjective opinions can override facts and common sense.

Equality is one of those terms that often does not mean what the dictionary definition states. In many case the term really means inequality, hidden by the term equality. The ones on the wrong side of this balance tend to be the majority of Australian.

We can be called racist but a 'minority' group cannot. An Israeli cannot travel to Malaysia. In fact if you have traveled to Israel, except in special cases, you are not allowed to travel to Malaysia either. You cannot call the Malaysians racist but if you bring this situation up they will call you one. Strange how our world has evolved over the past few decades.