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Mandela is gone, but apartheid is alive and well in Australia : Comments

By John Pilger, published 20/12/2013

What few of them heard was the postscript to Rudd's apology. 'I want to be blunt about this,' he said. 'There will be no compensation.'

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more money more money more money. will fix the molested girls, will fix thye chronic alcholol and drug use, will fix the porn addiction, just more money. Maybe another Gonski. More money more money and don't ever raise taxes.
Posted by runner, Friday, 20 December 2013 9:57:32 AM
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<<Pilger...He's one of those Academics>>

LOL --fair go.

I don't think Pilger could be called an academic by any stretch of the imagination!
Posted by SPQR, Friday, 20 December 2013 10:09:36 AM
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This article is indeed based on what I have
come to expect from John Pilger. Controversial -
yes. Accurate and factual - yes. Heart-grabbing -
yes. Troubling - oh yes.

However, I am optimistic that things will improve
in Australia. However in order to achieve improvement
the country will require genuine leadership (local
and federal) and a willingness to really confront
both the difficulties and opportunities that our
Indigenous people face. My feeling is that we are
uniqiely placed in Austsralia to be able to do
precisely that.
Posted by Foxy, Friday, 20 December 2013 12:50:10 PM
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This bloke really is like a mouse on a treadmill.

He long since exhausted anything he had to say, but is stuck on that treadmill, & just doesn't know how to get off.

Perhaps he should have read all the instructions before he started. Now he is simply pitiful.
Posted by Hasbeen, Friday, 20 December 2013 12:57:15 PM
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Foxy: However in order to achieve improvement the country will require genuine leadership (local and federal) and a willingness to really confront both the difficulties and opportunities that our Indigenous people face.

Which particular group of Indigenous people are you talking about. Bushies, Reservation, Townies or City Indigenous. They all have different needs.

Forget the City's & Townies as they have the same opportunities as everyone else. They all get free School Books, free Taxi's to School, Rent paid if they've spent all their Dole on Goonies, Plus getting paid to send their kids to school. Free Medical. If you're behind in your car payments Aboriginal & Island Affairs will fix that up as well. Free bus & accommodation from the Reservation & back if they have to travel to get Medical Services, etc.

I can hear now, "You don't know that." & I hate that saying, just because the person saying that doesn't know or does know but doesn't want to admit it. Well, yes I do know. I have Aboriginal mates in the business.
Posted by Jayb, Friday, 20 December 2013 1:19:38 PM
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Dear Jayb,

Read Mr Pilger's article.
I believe he's not speaking of urban Indigenous
People - but the communities in the outback.
Posted by Foxy, Friday, 20 December 2013 3:15:55 PM
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