spendocrat I took a look, it did not help me forget the young girl I once knew who is now in prison for stabbing her husband after one too many floggings.
It has not wiped away the numbers that say it happens far too often in these comunitys, far more often than in mine.
It has not removed the memories of late night trips to sit with a kid at the police station because mum and dad did not want to, white mans fault they are too drunk to care?
200 plus years ago ,just infront of the French Briton took this land, stole it?if it pleases you.
Is that not long enought to see an end to missions? for a whole educated school of Aboridginal lawers to have risen to fight for what justice?
Can we just insult one another and not want to stop the rape? the bashings? the young stealing just so they will go to prison for a holiday?
I find white Australia guilty of not careing enought.
But for far too many Aboridginals their crime is not careing at all.
For the bleeding hearts?
Not knowing the problem.

Well, I have to say, it would have had to have been a pretty amazing article to do all that.

It was just an article that I enjoyed that was kinda related to the topic...thats all..

Single mumof1 ,country gal and those writers that want to say "it's not MY fault for their current situation "!.
That's a BIG cop out .
The majority of Australians voted Howard in over the last 3 elections .
The Government for 10 years has had the power to do what it needs to do to help stop Indigenous Disadvantage. They have't-because we have turned a blind eye and remained silent to their neglect of Aboriginal Australians.
"Too much welfare",what a joke !.

Kartiya, I don't feel personally responsible for the plight of our indigenous people.
The government, for over 200 years, has been able to do the 'right thing' by them and haven't. Don't just blame Howard, *that's* a cop-out. Blaming people for voting him in, then we'll be blamed when someone else is voted in.

That's why I said it's time we stopped relying on the government to fix this and started doing things within our own communities to help where and when we can.

I don't feel personally responsible because 1) I wasn't born back then and 2)I am trying to do what I can, where I can to help which right now means that I'm *educating* myself about it all in the hopes that one day I might know enough and be educated enough to be a part of a solution, rather than just blaming someone else.
I'm not responsible personally, but I do want to be a part of the solution.
I'm not wasting my time blaming the governments, everyone always has negative things to say about them and their efforts. So do something about it and work on the solutions yourselves instead of bemoaning the state of the nation and its government/s.

Single Mum of1,
I'm sure your effort will eventually ,if combined with that of millions of other Australians will eventually produce results.
However , letting the Governments off the hook won't help -that will lead to more "Tampas'".
No pressure , No Accountability and No progress.

My concerns should not be seen as a hate for Aboridginals It is based only on wanting and end to the suffering.
White Australia a case could be made, may one day be made, that the failure to change anything is a planned failure.
The numbers speak for themselves rape and bashings outstrip those in the rest of Australia tell me that is racist.
Lack of education, accountability and progress asks questions.
Those questions I put to all goverments ALL partys AND NO LESS to Aboridginal leaders who condemn them being asked.
If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem.