Remember though that sometimes it can go both ways. There's an interesting article here on the Redfern Speech (Probably the best political speech in Australia's history): http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/on-that-historic-day-...

"The point of this article is to make clear Watson was not the author of the speech. The sentiments of the speech, that is, the core of its authority and authorship, were mine. I had discussed with Watson on dozens of occasions how non-indigenous Australia could never make good our relationship with indigenous people until we came clean about the history."