what on earth was that about? paranoia in cyberspace?

TAFE,Vocational Education Services and Training are a bit SHORT(ZERO) in Cooktown and Cape York. Worse we have no representitives or access to educational networks that w/could help break through the barrier's that might lead toward productive pathways in education.

This topic is loaded and capped with silo politic's (between contactors) having all sorts of snags when it comes to transparencies. Policys at GROUND LEVEL are not addressed.

Centerlink contracts two different jobnet centers (offices under-staffed) and their resources appear to be leaner than lean, especially the PSP program (Personal Support Program) which does zero for those needing the personal support...

WHY?

NO RESOURCES.

Linkages with other services are poor though the school is part of the framework.... and trys...

Again DISTANCE - transport - accomadation and cost of training fees

Worker's are flat-out...too busy,and they are not good at using there imagination when it comes to presenting options for people who need the confidence...extra care, who might otherwise be lead/encouraged/inspired toward thinking about alternative options ie: community based work.

I have phoned endlessly to try and engage with governments and training providers.I am prepared to expose some of the letters as evidence to help break-though this burden.

I have written endless applications to help.

The problem is distance, cost, access.. facilities, information and local knowledge awareness. We have no public IT access unless you use the libaray for $2 per 1/2 hour - no admin spaces for locals who wish to "help themselves".

Also follow-up is erratic. You find that people who live in regional areas do not get the accountablity required...from government workers when it comes doing business with regional "fly-in's".

These people hop all over the Cape and are most always stressed and in a hurry. You are lucky if you can get 15 minutes with anyone of them. I find you get exhausted "chasing" after them... it makes the phone bills (STD) extremely costly to "engage" when it is all added up.

I'd like to see a decenteralised solution. TAFE STUDY GROUPS... Night School and more SKILLS SHARING.

Micro-enterprise hoots at the center of this solution.

http://www.miacat.com

Dan

Don’t worry about Tapp. He is a disgusting maggot who accuses the whole ALP of being child molesters and perverts. He is clearly insane.

I heartily agree with much of your post. Howard is probably doing it for all the wrong reasons, although I would not place Brough in that category. The problem is the left's virulent hatred of Howard. It blinds them to any good the current intervention might do.

The left is far more concerned with platitudes and appearances, like saying 'sorry’ and implementing ‘self determination’. They have looked the other way for twenty years while aboriginal communities were being destroyed from within.

They quickly forget the failure of ATSIC which did little beyond lining the pockets of the select few. No wonder these ex-ATSIC people are not impressed. The gov’t is actually trying to make sure the money gets to the intended recipients.

Maracas makes my point when she talks about undoing RECONCILLIATION work. Do you think the abused kids give a stuff about reconciliation? They want the violence to stop. Aboriginal communities are among the most dangerous on the planet.

What about the kids going hungry because mum/dad has spent all the money on booze. Do you think they care about reconcilliation?

The typical lefty has little contact with Aborigines, yet is already sure that what they need most is more of the same dysfunctional policies from the left.

Noel Pearson has had the guts to stand up and demand something REAL be done for his community. Yet the left shoot him down as a traitor. Where do these people come from?

It’s time we left fairy-land behind us. There are many remote Aboriginal communities that will never be viable. They simply are not big enough to support an economy that will provide them with all the things they need.

The left has avoided this problem by forking out sit-down money. This is destroying aboriginal communities.

We need to ensure that Aboriginal children receive the care, shelter and education they need to enable them to break out of the current cycle of poverty and deprivation.

Could somebody please remind me of exactly how many cases of child "abuse" have been identified since Howard decided that NT Aborigines might be politically useful?

I hear a lot about appalling housing, health and education on the news, but strangely there hasn't been much at all about child abuse.

Wasn't that the reason for all this belated attention to the problems in Indigenous communities that have been steadily festering under more than a decade of Howard government malignant neglect?

Or was the moral panic about apparent hordes of sexually abused Aboriginal kids a cynical attempt to shift the responsibility of that neglect on to its victims (not to mention a cover for winding back land rights)?

It is trust that is the first casualty not truth. Anyone who has worked with indigenous communities knows that sexual abuse is epidemic. I have seen it first hand. People from both sides of politics have a distrust for one another. The media is always predictable and adds to the distrust.

I think most of our politicians start out with good motives but soon realize that to get elected or re elected they need to throw out the spin. This is the same for Labour and Liberal.

When most people rely the daily news for their information it is not surprising that politicians of all brands quickly learn to play the game. That is one reason why people don't trust them

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Apologies for the delayed reply. If you are still looking for an answer on this one - when the legislation is proclaimed Katherine will be able to invite anyone to come to her house without a permit, just like any other place in Australia.

So, when the legislation is proclaimed Katherine’s husband will not require a permit to live with her in her house in Kintore, at her invitation.

When the main permit system changes become law (on a date to be proclaimed but no later than 18 February 2008) there will be public access to common areas of community land and related access roads / airstrips / barge landings. It is important to emphasise that the changes are not yet law.

Community land is generally communities of over 100 people and includes Kintore.

The public will be able to enter or remain on premises on community land with the permission of the occupier. This will apply, for example, when people have been invited into residences by the occupiers, or when there is indication that shops or art centres are open for sales.

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