Reading what consistently unfolds in your posts on
this forum is painful.
Foxy,
Only because you don't have what it takes to understand !

I'm not so keen on writing a blank cheque to give the indigenous forever-handouts, but I'm certainly not opposed to developing some kind of 'foolproof plan' that gives them better opportunities to help themselves.

We could spend a billion dollars on giving them handouts, (and get nothing) or we could spend a billion dollars on setting things up in a manner that gives them work, an opportunity to better themselves, feel better about themselves and to actually want better for themselves.

- To value a decent life where they are in the drivers seat, rather than a hopeless existence with nothing good on the horizon.

If we can change their mentality from 'not caring' to 'actually caring' then the game is halfway won, and the problems might just slowly resolve themselves.

The job opportunities we create don't have to be built around 'profits'.
Break even - even with small government subsidies to get things rolling is really all that's needed.
It shouldn't be about profit, but about changing their feeling of hopelessness to one where they have the means to improve their own lots and feel good about themselves for doing so.

Just spoke with a friend who spent his time in Central Australia about Aboriginal DV. He said "There's absolutely no comparison with the Aborigines from Central Australia to those living on & near the coast".
He said that the level of DV is literally nothing on the coast when compared to inland Australia.
I have heard similar sentiments from a number of others over the years.

"Social media is just a therapy for the Great Unwashed. We have freedom of speech, and the politicians have freedom to ignore us, because once they are in, they mostly have a job for life: a very well-paid one, in government or in opposition."

Social media is now the biggest source of where lazy news reporters get their information from, without having to do any kind of real journalism themselves.
- But then they just pick and choose what to feed the masses for general consumption, in line with their particular political leanings, aims and biases - and to make it safer for young viewers.
As well as omitting unwanted facts, and adding emotionally manipulative wording, so they can tell you what you should think, rather than inform you like they should.

How many times have I given you lot the news, the day before the TV and news print did?

Indyvidual,

Everyone has the right to be ignorant.

It's just that you're abusing the privilege.

Foxy,
And you excel in it !