Deal description update:
Quote from Tennis Au:
In another first for the Australian Open, ‘Mob pricing’ will be available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on First Nations Day, offering a discount of $10 on Ground Passes.
Source: https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2023/01/08/indigenous-culture…
First Nations Day Offer
Adult — $49.00 each
Kids 3-14 Years — $10.00 each
Concession — $39.00 each
stahp Karen
36.14 In the early 1980s, the Commonwealth Department of Aboriginal Affairs proposed a new three-part definition of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.
That actually makes a lot of sense to me and is pretty easy to apply, and kinda works like passports. My grandmother was Scottish so my father could have gotten a UK passport, but never did. Since he never did, I can't, because basically the connection has been cut. If he had have gotten one it would have been easier for me to go get wasted on scotch.
If someone wants to be part of an Aboriginal community they have to be accepted by that community as well. Basically like a passport but based on their history rather than a piece of paper. Makes much more sense than trying to determine people by the colour of their skin or some portion of blood and stops people bullshitting their way through it. Those communities tend to keep pretty good records of family lineage and such too.
Isn't that practically the definition of Native American in the USA? It sounds reasonable
Then I almost feel you should be offended by this unbelievably sh*thouse deal.
I was born in this country so I’m good to go.
I aproove
You're the one supporting an Apartheid pricing deal.
$10 wouldn’t hurt when you invaded and occupied the whole land, right?
ignorant
clout chaser
Karen
misinformed
Yes but ‘Binchicken69’ isn’t…
Unless their are 69 BinChickens looking to get the $10 discount.
Indigenous to where?
Planet Earth
That is pretty much 'Voice to Parliament' definition, too
It will be very soon if ALBOriginal gets his way.
dumb spam
Money is king
was stolen from the aboriginal people
no it wasn't
I see your soapbox crumbling before me…..It was actually purchased.
Where’s the cutoff point btw?
How many generations need to pass through before we stop branding some groups as an automatic victim?
Only asking because I have a personal grievance myself …
My great great ancestor ‘Coco the Ape’ had all of his bananas stollen by a rivalling ape tribe…
Because of that our whole lineage has had a mild iron deficiency..
Where’s my reparations?
Huh
Clicked on it, couldn’t see the $10 off Voucher…
Just to confirm, did you mean to write that to me?
@Gervais fanboy: He's been typing it to everyone. Ironic he's calling you racist and telling you to go back to where you came from
Enjoy the tennis.
With you there Gervais.
I still have a major beef with the Romans. How dare Emperor Claudius' men help them selves to my great great great great great grandfathers land in 43 AD. Oh and don't get me started about the Normans…
I want compo!
Because of that our whole lineage has had a mild iron deficiency.
That should be the least of your worries.
The land was literally sold under Batmans Treaty, under absolutely no duress, but go off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman%27s_Treaty
Things took a turn a bit down the road, sure.
"The validity of the treaty has been widely disputed. It is possible that the marks which Batman claimed were the signatures of the eight Wurundjeri elders were instead made by one of the five Aboriginal men he had brought with him from Parramatta, since they resemble marks commonly used by Aboriginal people from that area. Furthermore, since neither Batman, the Sydney Aboriginal men or the Wurundjeri men spoke anything approaching the same language, it is almost certain that the elders did not understand the treaty, instead probably perceiving it as part of the series of gift exchanges which had taken place over the previous few days amounting to a tanderrum ceremony which allows temporary access to and use of the land. In any case, the European system of understanding property was entirely alien to almost all Aboriginal peoples"
@timmyd: Anythings possible when you're happy to literally invent shit to suit your preferred version of events. I am Spartacus.
the European system of understanding property was entirely alien to almost all Aboriginal peoples
Said peoples literally went to war over land rights, regularly, oh and liked to shove a spear through your leg for stealing, but go off.
$10 wouldn’t hurt when you invaded and occupied the whole land, right?
Who invaded ? not me .you mean an additional $10.
In the pre-hearing to the Mabo case, the agreed position by both legal teams was that Australia was 'settled' land.
Not invaded or stolen.
Settled land.
The land was literally sold under Batmans Treaty, under absolutely no duress, but go off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman%27s_Treaty
Things took a turn a bit down the road, sure.
Happy Australia Day!
i know a blue eyed redhead aborigine
*person who is Aboriginal
Does that person also have freckles?
yes, he does
Yes , he’s m and his twin brother got scholarships to a private school in Mont Albert. Yep! … the h, they live in Surrey Hills
I think this should be marked as "targeted"
Oooooo damn
You have a very handsome avatar.
Exclusion list would be longer than JB when they have a sale!
They are always targeted
@uberiscool no need for that
I meant it genuinely, in an unfair way
@UberIsCool: lol, upvoted you coz I thought you were only kidding.
Anyways mate, almost every group ever has been wronged in some capacity.
Let’s try to move on and get along with each other, aye?
Back to where? England? Germany? Italy? Greece? China? Brazil? Ireland? India?
I think you will find that it is a combination of freehold, trusts and Crown land, which is ultimately owned by King Charles 3rd.
Seriously do you really believe your verbal diarrhoea? If so, you should just leave Australia and be done.
That's a great iteanrry though, except i'd keep Ireland just after UK, and start with brazil to save on flights.
@abs898 what is wrong with you?
It's was targetted towards people who say that. I honestly don't support it.
Aboriginals are the land owners
I understand what the AO organisers/marketers are trying todo but it hasn’t been executed well.
What are they trying to do?
Being racist..
If you were born here, you are Indigenous.
Seems like they don't want foreigners at the Tennis this year.
Well the DH up top wanted to kick out anyone who boos Djokovic….
Does he realise people have been hating him for a decade now?
Hope they evict half a crowd…. That'll be awkward.
Hope they evict half a crowd…. That'll be awkward.
Both of them ???
Yeah, nah, it doesn't work that way - just like arbitrarily stating things doesn't make you an authority in the matter.
just like arbitrarily stating things
look it up in the dictionary.
Indigenous
Why did you capitalise it?
Heck yeah! $10 off a day pass. Sounds good. Thanks OP.
'I'm indigenous as far as I'm concerned because I was born in this country' -Pauline Hanson-
That’s the problem right there. Not acknowledging the past!
Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley says the introduction of First Nations Day at the Australian Open is about making the event accessible for all Australians.
Ground passes at Melbourne Park on Wednesday will be $10 cheaper for Indigenous Australians.
“We want to provide an opportunity for every Australian to get on the precinct and come to the event,” Tiley said on 3AW Mornings.
https://www.3aw.com.au/craig-tiley-explains-new-first-nation…
So how does the likes of Craig Tiley get in then?
Pays full price
In a roundabout way he just called Indigenous Australians poor.
Lol just had that same thought
the soft bigotry of low expectations.
White saviour complex is real
Making the event accessible for all Australians but discounts only for Indigenous Australians.
Makes perfect sense
So then he'll be making ticket prices cheaper for everyone?
Or maybe introduce a sliding pricing scale based on income?
Or will he just woke virtue signal by racist pricing without regard to ability to pay?
Here's the link I suppose anybody could use.
https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/25005D33F85364F5?did=f… (instead of https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/25005D33F85364F5)
You sir are a living god
$10 off for all!
From that link, we can see that this deal stacks with concession discounts.
So for reference how much is a ground pass?
$59 against $49
How are they going to prove this?
You have to convincingly sing the chorus to Treaty by Yothu Yindi.
"Nhima Djatpangarri nhima walangwalang -
Nhe Djatpayatpa nhima gaya nhe-
Matjini…. Yakarray - nhe Djat'pa nhe walang - Gumurrtijararrk Gutjuk - "
![[VIC] $10 Discount on Ground Passes for Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander Visitors @ Australian Open](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/74/751474.jpg?h=e624caa2)
I ‘classify’ as an indigenous