But that's the problem- we only SEE poor loiterers doing nothing, and only HEAR stories about scandals. I will make a perfectly safe presumption to say that most Australians have NEVER seen a positive example of an Aboriginal community- and are convinced that there really are none, save a few individuals who got a nice job once in a while.

Unless people feel inclined to watch Living Black or some other non-entertaining (ie serious cultural) show instead of the flashier news, or better yet, a written report of some kind about how Aboriginal affairs actually are, they simply will not know that.

And despite the poor taste of not doing these, the fact is, that is exactly what most people are inclined to do.