"who would you like to replace our current PM"

I'm with Foxy here. Albo is currently the best of a rather bad bunch. Of course, being the least rotten in the barrel is not exactly a ringing endorsement.

As to ATSIC, of course the political cultists like SR want to assert that it was working well and was unreasonably closed by those nasty racists Howardites. OTOH, those with a memory of the event or the desire to check it out (ie not SR) know differently.

"Opposition leader Mark Latham said today [30/4/2004] a Labor government would abolish Australia's peak indigenous body ATSIC - the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

Mr Latham said the executive agency the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services (ATSIS) would also be abolished.

"ATSIC is no longer capable of addressing endemic problems in indigenous communities," Mr Latham told reporters.

"It has lost the confidence of much of its own constituency and the wider community."

http://www.smh.com.au/national/labor-would-abolish-atsic-latham-20040330-gdimzg.html

But let's memory-hole that and blame Howard.

SR,

ATSIC was disbanded due to corruption, cronyism and chronic mismanagement. If the chairman had been the CEO of a public company he might well have been up on charges.

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In case you missed it, here is an interesting article in the Alice Springs News :

http://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/16/88113/

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What needs to be made clear to those who depend on the support that comes from revenue is, that once the revenue reduces so does welfare & other support !
That includes high salary bureaudroids & funding recipients to actual incapacitated to straight-out bludgers.
Can a voice advocate please explain how indigenous industries as a whole will be covering the inevitable loss of revenue ?
Has anyone heard of the several working cattle stations handed to the Aborigines on Cape York by Qld Labor Govt if they're making revenue to reduce welfare costs ?

Here's something to lighten things up a bit:

Scott Morrison was visiting a Sydney Primary School and
the class was in the middle of a discussion related to words
and their meanings.

The teacher asked Mr Morrison if he would like to lead the
discussion about the word - "tragedy."

So the former PM asked the class for an example of a "tragedy."

A little boy stood up and offered:

"If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the
paddock and a tractor runs over him and kills him, that
would be a tragedy."

"Incorrect," said Morrison. " That would be an accident."

A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50
children drove over a cliff, killing everybody inside, that
would be a tragedy."

" Wrong," said Mr Morrison. "That would be a great loss."

The room went silent. No other children volunteered and
Morrison searched the room.

"Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a
tragedy?"

Finally, at the back of the room, little Johnny raised his
hand and said:

"If a plane carrying you, Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price and
Warren Mundine, was struck by a "friendly fire" missile
and blown to smitheriens that would be a tragedy."

"Fantastic!" exclaimed Morrison.

"And, can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"

"Well," said little Johnny. "It has to be a tragedy, because it
certainly wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't
be a f+ing accident!"

Hi Banjo Paterson,
Yes I told the forum members some time ago that most indigenous have absolutely no idea what 'the voice' is even about.
Unfortunately people on the forum rarely listen to what others share with them.