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Closing The Gap 2021

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Foxy,
Not to be able to produce even one (1) privilege we supposedly have so many of is rather sad.
I'll make it a little easier for you with some examples from my personal experiences;
Schooling & return air travel every school holiday - free.
Health - free.
Housing - provided for much less than non-indigenous.
Bank Loans - 4%
Free TAFE & other courses - plus paid normal working hours.
Lax law - Police don't bother about little things like break ins.
All the above are available to a white woman married to an indigenous Man but not the other way round.
There are a number of other examples I could bring up given more time to to think about.
Now, please tell which of these us privileged white heterosexual males are beneficiaries to ?
Posted by individual, Sunday, 8 August 2021 5:45:33 PM
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Potty Paul,

I never liked Bernardi as a person, but he was and is a better man than a cheap little turd like you.

I don't begrudge the money I donated to his campaign, and I am not crying over it; certainly not in my beer, as I don't drink beer or alcohol in any form. You seem to be the one having a problem with booze or other substances. No sober person screeches like you do.
Posted by ttbn, Sunday, 8 August 2021 6:04:39 PM
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individual,

You've obviously not done any research as
I recommended to you earlier otherwise you
would not be prattling on again about "freebies"
and "free rides" given to our Indigenous people.
Why do you persist with believing these myths.

It's not only incorrect to say that our Indigenous
people receive undeserved special treatment but it's
wrong.

Again - do your research.

The government has no freebies for anyone. Programs need
to be tailored to people, especially those facing
hardship.

Aboriginal people did receive "special treatment". They
were not paid the same wages as non-Aboriginals for the
same work. They were not allowed in bars and theatres.
They were not allowed to speak their mother tongue.
And much, much, more. You seem to forget this "special
treatment" history.

I shall be happy to continue a discussion with you when
I can take you seriously - after you improve your knowledge
on the subject.

Until then I'm sure you'll find kindred spirits on this forum
that you can share your "knowledge" with.
I'm not one of them.
Posted by Foxy, Sunday, 8 August 2021 6:54:44 PM
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Again - do your research.
Foxy,
There's no more factual research than seeing & witnessing with one's own eyes.
What you're finding in your research is toeing-the-line write-ups by Academics & Bureaucrats feathering their own nests !
Posted by individual, Sunday, 8 August 2021 8:05:23 PM
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You seem to forget this "special
treatment" history.
Foxy,
You're implying that the Aborigines of then were the same as now. They weren't just as the invaders who were sent here against their will aren't the same as we are now.
You seem to forget that indigenous of then weren't paid in money because twhere could they have used it ? They weren't allowed into Bars because they couldn't tolerate alcohol just as many europeans couldn't because they weren't exposed to it due to non-availability.
None of the indigenous today are only doing well because our people were enough in numbers to gradually turn the situation around & the indigenous gradually caught up with so-called progress.
What are the main issues that today's indigenous focus on ?
Better, housing, better pay, better schooling, better health services, in fact every non-indigenous commodity & benefit known to modern people. They are getting it all.
They're getting compensated daily for for a way of life that they have come to like & want to continue. The other thing is that many of the modern indigenous have not endured the sufferings that their ancestors & the ancestors of the invaders had to cope with.
The many decent real indigenous outside the suburbs are not sharing in the anarchists games !
Posted by individual, Sunday, 8 August 2021 8:29:03 PM
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Hi Foxy,

There is a commonly held belief among many Australians that Aboriginal people are given all these "freebies" from government. This notion is a myth, but it is propagated by people like the all seeing Indy. They reinforce these myths with; "I've seen it with my own eyes." Indy is a migrant to this country, back in the 60's it was a belief among many Australians that in some way new arrivals were given "free housing" and a saloon passage into a well paid job. How often one would hear the catch cry "The wogs have got all the houses!" If this claim was true then Indy got a free house and a top paying job. There was reference in those days to the "Ten Pound Pom", $20 being the contribution made by the immigrant towards his ships passage from England to Australia, after that the new arrivals had to make their own way.

http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/culture/article/2016/12/07/heres-truth-about-free-ride-some-australians-think-indigenous-peoples-ge

Name calling ttbn, do I get under your skin with the truth?
Posted by Paul1405, Monday, 9 August 2021 7:27:18 AM
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