Good one Ringy.

The search for a quick fix goes to what is inherently a denial goes on of theft to all the most productive economic land never happened and thus compensation not required.

Now they want us to beg to keep the lands we were forcibly removed and impounded on.

Billiant article and title! I particularly liked the reference to “Doctor Mal's Medicine Show”. There is simply no limit to the sheer cynicism of our senior political and bureaucratic 'leaders' in Can'tberra!

However whilst they 'can fool some of the people all of the time' they have been unable to fool the majority overall and this appalling bunch of silvertails are on their way out: trouble is, we are left with the frightening prospect of a return to power of the silvertails of the L-A-B-O-R Party!

Was this government scheme discussed with the people of Wudapuli first? If not, what would it take for the voices of the Wudapulians to be heard? I'm a complete outsider but I wish fervently that our First Australians could get a better deal. I'm writing a song about getting better health services for them, but it's a song by a whitefella for whitefellas, and I don't know what good it will do, or if I'll be thought to have crossed into territory where I shouldn't be.
Anyway, as regards housing, how can I find out what Aboriginal people in remote communities want? I mean really want, not what other people say they ought to want. I would like to back that up, in my writing, because it seems that the authentic opinion of the Indigenous people is not getting through. I could add my voice, as it were: reinforce that opinion amongst the inner city crowd I mix with.

Correct assessment of the way the houses were built. I was 'on the ground' in wudapuli over the last wet season and was instructed to have local fellows dressed to help with the construction of these houses, and ready to be photographed with the Minister on a certain date...