In Reply to: Just Back (from Oz) posted by fatbastard ® on Tuesday, 30. April 2002 at 23:47 Bali Time:
Yeah FB they passed some kind of law about them because someone thought it was derogatory towards Aborigines.
However you have an option if you don't want to call them "Grass trees'- you can call them Xanthorroea johnsonnii or Xanthorroea macronema etc depending on species!
Most people in Oz call them grass trees for convenience!