It’s past time to get the Aboriginal debate focused on the practicalities of implementation and resourcing, and to allow some opportunity for the people with expertise and experience with the issues to be heard, writes Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett.
Noel Pearson
Shhhh! Noel Pearson’s just living the dream
Noel Pearson is right about one thing – much of the criticism of the NT military occupation (and has it got a handy name yet – I’d suggest Operation Deja Vu) is not only beside the point, but arises from an exhausted politics of left and right that doesn’t effectively translate to this issue.
Will the bureaucrats be happy to let Aboriginal Australia take over?
The irony of the PM’s rescue mission of Aboriginal Australia hasn’t gone unnoticed. Here’s a policy of helping a disadvantaged group to overcome a major social ill by using the resources and the personnel of the central government. No wonder Labor is not opposing it. It’s a good socialist policy.
Howard’s Aboriginal intervention ‘a long time coming’
It’s been a long time coming, but John Howard finally stepped up on the Aboriginal crisis. It’s a national scandal and disgrace, but let’s face it, the whole sorry mess has been politicised from day one, writes John Pasquarelli.
Territory alcohol blame game a little shy of facts
The blame game about grog on Aboriginal communities is deeply offensive to the 100-plus towns, town camps and communities that have used the law to try and ban alcohol.
The Economy: Radical reform a red-hot go to end child abuse
This is a watershed. No one can predict the outcome, but failure to act would have been a national disgrace. Indeed, one cannot help observing that the problems in remote Aboriginal townships have been known about for decades — one had only to visit them to see.
