Monday, Nov 02, 2015 at 07:50
Whilst it is fair to say some of the points raised do apply to our indigenous community, factually it also applies right across the community and not limited to any one race, colour, or nationality.
We pay all kinds of welfare to all Australians, including pensions, health care benefits, single mother pensions, disability pensions, unemployment benefits, and on it goes…
In fact, you can own a
home worth $millions these days collect a pension and tour Australia in a van and rig worth a fortune, such is the generosity of Australia’s welfare system. So be careful calling for taxpayer’s to scrutinise where their dollars are going…
Personally, for the less fortunate I think welfare and provision for those not so fortunate is the right thing for a developed society to do.
On living in squalor, anyone who has spent time working with many of our community based aid organisations, or has spent time with, or spoken to the
Police Local Area Command’s across our major and not so larger cities in Australia will confirm, tragically, that this is not an uncommon problem. It is far from being a “black man’s problem”.
On climbing Uluru (Ayers
Rock if you prefer) – it remains possible to climb it, in fact apart from operational reasons, it has never been closed to climbing, and I’m betting it won’t be any time soon.
All Australian’s and visitors to our country have the opportunity to climb it should they elect to, and that remains a personal choice.
For sure, there are conditions related to safety that may see it closed under certain environmental conditions at any given time– and rightly so. These conditions are widely publicised and are a sensible way of ensuring it can be climbed safely.
So let’s keep some perspective on this otherwise it just looks like another “bash our indigenous
population thread”.
Baz – The Landy
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