As we're about to remember the sacrifice of soldiers in war, with ANZAC day, and about to vote for our Australian government we should reflect on the ideas that have shaped our choices through history.
The history of war is remembered through dedicated memorials going back to the Boer Wars, conveniently forgetting the "Frontier Wars" as the English stole the country from the Aboriginal people. This war was easy — a few sheep and a few "colonists" were killed while many aborigines died. But it left an uneasy legacy in which every new government tries to fix or hide depending on the political party in charge.
This is a sore point that the parties on the right want to bury by dismissing the robbery. Until a proper settlement is achieve this genocide will not go away — despite attempts to make it right.