yes us evil white fella's, except for you John, only you have the clarity of vision to see past reality and come up with your own narrative.

John, all the governments both state and federal are saying is. If you choose to live a long way from any services, don't expect us to provide them. Why should I pay to support a community of eight people who have "returned" to country? If you want to go and live as your ancestors did, don't expect roads, housing, health care, and all the other benefits of modern civilisation.

Why do these homeland communities need additional support from any government when they are already getting over $20,000 per adult person p[us an additional amount for each child? What are they doing with all this money?

David

If there is a word for someone who refuses to change his prejudices, no matter what evidence one offers, and who keeps coming up with unbased assertions, I suppose that word is 'bigot'.

But after all, Bilger is entitled to be a bigot. He's got plenty of company. There's a Roman saying: asseritur gratis, negatur gratis: what is asserted without evidence, can be ignored (negated, denied) without the need for evidence. Of course, that won't stop Bilger.

I've just finished putting together a transcript (thanks, Alistair, for doing that) with an Index, of the 1935 Moseley Royal Commission in Western Australia. With the summary Report, it covers just over a thousand pages. A goldmine, especially for Western Australians. Give me an hour and I'll have it up on the web-site:

www.firstsources.info

Joe Lane
Adelaide

This racist rant conveniently ignores so many truths. For example, Aboriginal people will not be forced off their land; instead, they will have to travel to access some services.
More important than the distortions contained in the article however is Pilger's throw-away comment that we have declared war on Aboriginal people. I've often wondered whether the Exdigenous people of Australia shouldn't formally declare war on Indigenous Australians, wait 30 seconds, then announce that the war has been won by the Exdigenous side who are prepared to sit down and negotiate a treaty with Indigenous Australians much like the treaty of Waitangi in NZ

Guys I don't think we should bother to comment on Pilger at all. That would send a clear message on what we think of his articles..