If there is only one race, the human race, Alan B, then I expect you to agree that the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs should be disbanded, saving the Australian taxpayer $30 billion dollars p.a.

But you won't. One of the contradictions of so called "anti racists" is that they claim race does not exist when convenient, and then claim that it does exist when it means giving money to these supposedly non existent races to buy their votes.

LEGO,

Probably because funds are allocated on the basis of need, not 'race'. And, as it happens, people with an Indigenous historical, social, economic and geographical background, are deemed to have greater needs. I wonder how all that $ 30b. compares with the total annual welfare budget.

Joe

allocated on the basis of need, not 'race'.
Loudmouth2,
Well, I have seen a lot more 'needy' non-indigenous than indigenous, alas !
Out of those $30billion you'll find more likely than not 15 billion if not more go towards $150,000p/a plus salary bureaucrats, both non-indigenous & indigenous !
Full-on waste is another massive component.
The meagre left-overs go to actual projects & infrastructure awarded to out-of-town contractors.
It really shouldn't come as a big surprise to anyone when you consider that a basic $200,000 house in the South becomes a million Dollar house in the communities !
Freight costs are out of hand due to the insane registration/insurance costs/fuel taxes imposed by State Govts.
I always cringe when I hear people say how much money is spent on the indigenous because the truth is that most funding is sponged away by bureaucracy before it actually gets distributed !

Time we stopped racism and attacking/punishing folk for the crime of being poor, downtrodden, different or selectively disadvantaged on political grounds alone!
Alan B.,
Yeah, tell that to the racists & ask them to stop bleating victim ! Those who are bending ar$e over backwards to try & make things better for all are being attacked left, right & centre & branded racists by the racists !

Phew
! thank goodness Alf Garnett, Albert Steptoe and Benny Hill are all ok!.

I've been following things from afar, and have not seen any topic worth wasting time on, and this is just another one of them.
The only reason I decided to lean forward and type in a comment is because I would like to ask all those wise and knowledgeable commentors on OLO, a question.
And that is; WHO WAS THE GUY WHO SAID "BLACK LIVES DON"T MATTER"? Hmmmmmm?
As for giving consideration to the mantra, I suspect that the very few people who are carrying on like zombies in these protests, have done the cause a major dis-service, as the rest of the population (in any country), is not participating nor are they showing any sympathy or empathy for what is clearly a mindless out of control mob, smashing, burning, looting and generally conducting themselves in a manner which brings into focus, the answer to another question all blacks and their sympathisers ask; WHY IS IT THAT THE NUMBER OF BLACKS IN JAIL ARE MANY TIMES MORE THAN THE WHITES?
Just asking.