This isn't about who is left and who is right. It's not about politics, it's about Australians at risk and what can be done to address the problem.

Andrew Bolt,and his pupils,must be.living in a different world,I read his column in every issue of the Herald Sun,and the ignorant letters these pupils of the teacher,Andrew Bolt.write to him,the Aboriginal nation is always their target,and the teacher delights in their stupidity,and some of his answers to them,are so negetative,but pointing it out to him,IST VERRBOTEN,but we just have to keep on telling him just how wrong he is,even if the Herald Sun,and its editorial board,fail to publish comments,that prove him wrong.To get rid of RACISTS,never let them have their way,let them know that IGNORANCE,breeds STUPIDITY.

Racist! What a marvellous overworked word that has become. If anyone tries to improve a bad situation ,they are Racist! If they sweep it under the rug, they are Racist.
This isn't about Race, it is about little children ,big children and grown ups who are going backwards at a fast rate.
For three generations the academics and activists have held the floor and all they have created is misery and chaos.
Now it is up to the government to sort out the mess and make sure that all Australians have the same chances.
It will take years to clean up the results of those who would deny Aboriginal Australians the same degree of life as we know it.
And keep the academics and activists as far away as possible. They have done the damage, let them not do any more.

It's very strange to realise that the same government that legislated child abuse in places like Woomera and then turned a blind eye to it now express moral outrage at a situation that has existed for decades.

Leigh is right that it is not just alcohol - my own white father and grandfather molested me and my sisters for 6 years whether drunk or sober and I don't think the pedophile priests and church and school workers in nice white schools are all drunks.

The dongas being taken from Woomera to Alice are the most insulting thing I have heard in years. These dongas are just tin lined with a a thin veneer of wood, people in Woomera nearly froze to death in winter and boiled in summer when it reached over 50 degrees inside.

However, child rape is child rape whether the person doing it is black, blue, green or brindle and with stats showing that 1 in 3 girls in Australia are molested before they are 18 this is not an "aboriginal" problem. It is an Australian problem that no government has even tried to tackle.

I have been told that it takes great moral courage in Australia today to tell the truth about these things and the question I pose is this - why should it not be the norm in these days of mandatory reporting and why did Nanette Rogers sit on the stories for a decade?

i thought some of leigh's ideas sounded very worthwhile. how about separate councils dominated by women (as educated as possible) with assistance and counselling available where needed, as well as checks with these couuncils as to how they are working? as well, funding for safe houses sounds like a terrific idea. it must be a very small minority of women who assist in perpetrating these abuses but many seem afraid to speak up. possibly, consultation amongst themselves with sensitive outside, non invasive assistance they would.

sorry, i meant barbara's ideas sounded terrific