I like polpaks post but do not write Rainer's of either.
Howard and Labor took away some real chances for improvement from the people them selves including that work scheme they just lost.
I do blame whites more than any for this, we played games with words and stood in the way of change but if you Rainer can not point the finger at some of your people too I question your ability to be of help.
No human no mater what the circumstances is forced to rape children bash wives or spend food money on grog.
On a coastal hill by the sea far away from the northern territory 2 600.000 dollar homes have been bought by a lands council group.
For years rented out to hard up Aboriginal people who failed to pay the rents they are now rented by whites.
But owned by the people we speak of can it be that the money would have been better spent by this community else ware.

Yes the stolen generation is still hurting todays Aboriginal children.
Looking back with todays vision we know most of it was wrong, wrong by todays standards and in our view those days standards too.
Oh some of it was right like the rehashed story of that young female child lost in a card game by her father.
But fear that we could ever get it so wrong again compels us to leave children in homes that are unfit for them.
May I add to the stolen generation storey? believe me it included the children of poor whites too.
Even in the late 1940,s and right to the late 1950.s children of poor whites ran in fear from the welfare officers who took them away without a reason other than the thought they knew better.
The crimes against women and children in these community's MUST STOP a better life for all MUST COME but my well respected Aboriginal fellow posters here must understand some effort by the community, until now largely self governed community could have long ago stopped this.
Some blame firmly and true belongs at the feet of Australia's Aboriginals