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VK2TV > HEALTH 26.05.07 08:35l 48 Lines 2056 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: RE: RE: Re: Poor Aboriginal Health
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Sent: 070526/0623Z @:VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC #:11342 [Kempsey, QF68JX] $:11342_VK
From: VK2TV@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : HEALTH@WW
In reply to VK6BEs Message
> I hope I did not give that impression, Ray, and the answer would be a
> resounding NO!.
> It seems your position in Kempsey is more akin to that in towns in some of
> the remote towns of this state (Kalgoorlie for instance), and also to
> some extent in the capital city, but here also the white community
> provides a good deal of the problem with street kids, drugs and youth
> crime..
> In my town most aborigines are settled in housing in the city and have a
> Corporation which keeps an eye on the welfare of the indigenous people and
> there are few problems. The kids attend school, and though there have been
> family feuds, generally there is not much problem.This is not so in the
> north although there there are communities where the people live together;
> they are often the traditional owners of the surrounding land .Their
> biggest enemy is alcohol, which they have now banned in several
> communities.
> There is 150 years of neglect to make up for and it won't happen overnight
> or, as Ray points out, by pouring money into the problem.
>
> Bob VK6BE.
>
> > For those who think the aborigines are well off because of government handouts, ask yourself the
> following question ....
> >
> > If they are so well off, would you consider swapping places with them?
> >
> > I'll bet the answer is no.
>
No finger pointing, Bob, just a question that complianants should ask themselves occasionally.
Whilst I don't go along with the "we should say we're sorry for the stolen generation" brigade, I do have sympathy for the greater Koori population. The stolen generation is just another example of bureaucrats carrying out the prevailing law. It's a bit like the law that sent Australian kids to Vietnam to fight a war we should never have been involved with. 500 Australians died in Vietnam but nobody's saying sorry! And those who returned were treated like Lepers, and until quite recently.
I'd better get off this soapbox.
Cheers ... Ray
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