I would like to know where people get the idea that the Aboriginals have been starved of funds. My impression is that the funds given to ATSIC over the years would have fixed all the problems, but most of the time the funds were squandered.

David

David

You say: "I would like to know where people get the idea that the Aboriginals have been starved of funds. My impression is that the funds given to ATSIC over the years would have fixed all the problems, but most of the time the funds were squandered."

I ask: Where did you get the impression "that the funds given to ATSIC over the years would have fixed all the problems, but most of the time the funds were squandered"?

As a matter of logic and personal integrity (fairness, truth and justice for instance):

1. The impression that funds were adequate may OR may not be valid.

2. The impression that most of the funds were squandered may OR may not be valid.

Would it not be sensible to test the validity of your impressions? You wouldn't want to be duped would you?

So how would you sart to assess the truth?

Minority child interference alchohol, glue. petrol,abuse was no different eleven years ago.
To bring about change has to come from within.
We invade other countries to try and restore our order on them, while privatising their oil. Yet we have ignored our very own people, who have participated in two world wars. For the last eleven years priorities have been lacking. Our country is reported to be in the black due to mineral exports. Yet the families of our people are getting further and further into debt with all housing affordability beyond a working persons reach. If ordinary working people are struggling how do we expect those that have been trodden upon for at least four generations to cope. We need Keynsian policies building more railways linking towns and communities so that all can prosper not sell off all utilities that only benefit the wealthy. Why give tax concessions to negative gearers making wealthier people wealthier. ? Subsidise homeowners mortgages not just the first time home buyers. subsidise home owners with a 25% subsidy on the interest that they pay. Build more Government housing so that renters do not have to bid at auctions to rent a house. Make it illegal when a child plays truant from school so that families are forced to make sure that their children do not miss their education.

Yes, Bronco, we do need a return to Keynesian policies which helped to overcome the Great Depression, and after WW2 with the Marshall Plan wisely got those people back on their feet who had unwisely supported the German and Japanese leaders of WW2.

Bur because Big Biz from which we are now again unblessed with, was required to toe the economic line with government regulation, it was back again to deregulation and the formerly spurned free-market, it really beginning when Nixon had Allende of Chile kicked out, to make way again for the corporate racketeers, our governments now run on the Corporate Cultural doctrine, just a kinder name for the old Industrial Mafia.

The Corporate Culture has thus lowered the status of the do-gooders, especially the Greenies and Democrats, who have persisted with the international arguments that though bin Laden would still not be welcome on our doorsteps, his belief that US and UK foreign policy was still based on colonialistic elitism and economic greed always held good with us.

Such has been proven spot on with the admittance from John Howard that oil was on the Iraqi occupational agenda.

However, I still bet most of our OLO's can't still help using the silly terms for the Demo's and Greenies, Do-gooders and Left-wing Loonies.

Personally, I hope they still keep it up, keeps revving up the old fighting blood in this ancient one

Hi Bush Bred
Since I have viewed this forum it has been invested with those that are not conscous (wheres spell check). It is a breath of fresh air to read your awareness.
It amuses us that whenever you have discussion on politics most people may actually quote word for word that which they have just read in the recent West Australian or the Sunday Times.
This is the reason why that devious little toad still holds office. The only decent legislation that has been passed in the last eleven years is gun control and that is all the rest has been infamously damaging to every Australian in the long term. Poverty has prospered through debt, people do have to suffer a lot more until they finally realise who has created the damage.

Dan Fitzpatrick,
Do you know of any aboriginal communities that are working well?

I would like to hear of those that do function well.