ttbn,

No I was not addressing you.

I was merely trying to point out that this could have
been handled better with more efficient management.
And that questions should rightly be raised.

handled better with more efficient management.
Foxy,
There's only so much that can be achieved without co-operation ! The Coxswain can't keep their craft on course with a useless crew !

Foxy,

There isn't enough money to get professionals to live in the crappy environments of remote settlements. The efficiency of the management is largely irrelevant.

Tis said that owning a yacht is like throwing money into a tidal race.
Aboriginal health and welfare is the taxpayers’ yacht and without the chance of going sailing.

Hi Issy,

We're throwing $25 billion/year into non productive, and never to be productive, AGED WELFARE! That's like stuffing $100 bills in a hole in the side of the Titanic.

You won't believe this; I am reliably informed that there are Aged Welfare folk who own mobile phones and computers, some even have a TV! How extravagant is that? AND this, some are having a sausage twice a fortnight for dinner, you can't believe it right, where will it end, Aged Welfare folk driving private cars!

Paul,
And unlike some others the Aged, most of them, paid taxes all their working lives.
Would you believe that some of them still hunt feral pest animals at their own expense?
Some even do target shooting with rifles and pistols.