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Involvement key to supporting Indigenous communities : Comments

By Natalie Hunter, published 28/4/2010

Involving the Indigenous community is vital to ensure Aboriginal children can remain in their homes.

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“Involving the Indigenous community is vital to ensure Aboriginal children can remain in their homes.”
That sounds terribly ominous. Don’t you think the government has done quite enough of their “involving” the indigenous community in governmental schemes for their forced improvement?

“The differential treatment of the Indigenous Peoples in the Northern Territory involves impairment of the enjoyment of various human rights…”
Yes it does, but in the same article you yourself call for *more* differential treatment of the indigenous peoples. This involves the same fault as all the failed schemes of all the failed social engineers before you - that you know what's better for people, than people.

Even granting the wrongs of their unjust dispossession, it is hard to think that the Aboriginal people would be any worse off if there had never been any race-based schemes, and they were equally subjected to the same laws as everyone else.

All race-based laws and policies are an abomination and should be abolished.
Posted by Peter Hume, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 10:13:22 AM
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Natalie Hunter,

Let me tell you a secret. It's probably the worst kept secret in Australia. I'm going to put it in capitals so you can't miss it.

MOST AUSTRALIANS DON'T GIVE A RODENT'S RECTUM ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF ABORIGINES.

Some, perhaps the majority, are even prepared to admit this in private.

The politically correct minority claim to be "deeply concerned", "horrified", "ashamed" etc. But they're not. Not really. It's not a first order issue for most. It's not even a second order issue.

For most Whitefellas expressing shame over the plight of Aborigines is simply a way for them to demonstrate their moral superiority over the "rednecks".

Maybe the lesson we should draw from the plight of Aborigines is this:

HOWARD WAS RIGHT. BORDER PROTECTION IS IMPORTANT

The Aborigines lost their country because they had an inadequate border protection capability.

Speaking personally I think we should simply say to the Aborigines:

We took your country.

We're not going to give it back.

But we'll pay you compensation - say $10,000 tax free per Aborigine per year for the rest of your life. We'll also pay the next generation. But then it ceases.

The total cost would be about $5 billion per annum.

This does not affect in any other benefits to which you may be entitled as Australian citizens.
Posted by stevenlmeyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 10:43:17 AM
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Aborigines who have not already taken matters into their own hands and moved into the general community as many, if not most, of them have, are a lost cause. Think about the hard working aboriginal Australians who have succeeded in working out their own lives; forget the no-hopers who want to live in the past.
Posted by Leigh, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 10:46:15 AM
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Congratulations Natalie, well said.

The first three posts sort of say it all, their comments indicate their level of thinking.

Please do not let the small-minded eurocentric rabble's comments get to you. There are a few of these strange being lurking on OLO that pop up with thier random thoughts of racist drivell.

Perhaps it might be a bit challenging for them to read an article from an Aboriginal woman. Poor fellas, you sort of have to be kind of sorry for them.
Posted by Aka, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 3:39:16 PM
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Nice try Aka but unfortunately it's those *in favour of* racially discriminatory treatment that are racists, not those against it, you fool.
Posted by Peter Hume, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 3:54:32 PM
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another typically racist comment from aka, who probably doesn't realise how racist she is "read an article from an Aboriginal woman"

Why not an article from ANY person, why aboriginal, why a woman, if its an Aboriginal woman, does that make it better? More racist?

"Poor fellas, you sort of have to be kind of sorry for them." ignoring the usual sneering at "whitefellas", Why, because after all this time and all the effort and all the pandering too, you don't understand why some people get sick of one group of the community still wanting more than any other group - merely because they are different?

You're a racist, plain and simple and want special treatment because of race for aboriginals, why not ALL Australians getting the same?

Why indeed?
Posted by odo, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 9:10:52 PM
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