Many Aboriginal people support booze bans in local communities. But a raid on Chrisco hampers in the Northern Territory left a bad taste. Sean Kerins of ANU’s Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy reports from Borroloola.
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STRONGER FUTURES
White politics is democracy, black politics is dysfunction
Wow. Black politics is factionalised. And just run by me what white politics is again, writes Chris Graham, managing editor of Tracker magazine.
READ MOREA gay, black boat person? Parliament and its rights questions
There are two “big ticket” items bouncing around federal parliament at the moment — one that seeks to extend rights, and one that seeks to deny them. Chris Graham takes a strong interest in both.
READ MORENT prescribed communities: not normalised, exited, eliminated
Global evidence suggests that stronger futures for Aboriginal people will require more self-determination, writes professor Jon Altman of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research.
READ MOREStronger Futures juggernaut hits some potholes
A juggernaut is a force that is regarded as mercilessly destructive and unstoppable. For many this is an apt metaphor for the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory bills, writes professor Jon Altman, of ANU’s Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research.
READ MORECox: how to continue bad indigenous policy-making
The lack of media scrutiny will allow the federal government to continue and expand a series of paternalistic, ineffective programs that will reduce the well-being of many disadvantaged Australians.
READ MOREStill no evidence for Macklin’s NT intervention
The Labor government’s legislation continues to concentrate power in the hands of government and vilify Aboriginal people, write Dr Hilary Tyler and Paddy Gibson, NT indigenous workers.
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The cunning of consultation: school attendance and welfare reform
Kids, even in remote indigenous Australia, do not live by school attendance alone, they also need food. And families with no income will inevitably become an economic burden for others in their community, writes Jon Altman.
READ MORECox: Stronger Futures demands are un-Australian
How un-Australian is it for the federal government to invite submissions and input from an affected population and then expect them to spend Christmas doing the submission?
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