BANJO...that sleeze and strife and corruption in the NT simply mirrors the left wing bottom feeding politics of the Obama/Gore/communist(in capitalist garb) scum in the USA.

But I'll guarantee the 183,000,000 is not 'missing'.. such a large amount would absolutely be tracable somehow.. withdrawals would have been made.. payments..invoices.. etc.. if its just 'missing' then a firing squad is needed and quick.

OH.. we could always check for sudden and unexpected 'increases' in the Labour party re-election war chest.. never know what you might find.

What's the big deal? Everyone on Earth except readers of The Australian apparently, and there's nothing new there, knows that no matter how many billions of dollars are thrown at the problem by governments of whatever persuasion, and this has been going on for at least four decades now, nothing will succeed without the cooperation of the locals, and that won't happen without a women's jurisdiction. So calm down folks, take a bex if you need one, while the rest of us get on with the job of establishing an equal rights republic governed by agreement between women's and men's legislatures, courts and corporate committees so a bunch of disparate stone-ages with a tradition commencing at the beginning of human time can be accommodated, oh, and so everybody else can be free from wretched paternalism also god's love 'em.

Custard started this thread with this statement:

<< ...the primary problem (not a symptom) on the majority of Aboriginal Communities, is the absolute disbelief in the "Rule of Law".

I will attempt to show that this disbelief, stemming as it does from years of abuse of the same by Police, Supervisors, etc. as well as the lack of opportunity for the vast majority of people growing up on communities, is the veritable "root of all evil". >>

Given the release yesterday of the CMC's damning report into the police investigation of the death while in custody of Mulrunji on Palm Island, it's quite clear that he's right.

http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/data/portal/00000005/content/13053001276649217949.pdf

Why would any Aboriginal person on Palm Island have any faith or trust in the law or the police?