Tuesday, Aug 05, 2008 at 20:56
Image Could Not Be FoundG'day all
I can hear the howl's already, yep the richest man in Australia wants to employ more indigenous Australians in his mining concerns and he is calling his fellow mining mates to do the same.
In principal it's a very noble idea and I honestly hope it works for the local indigenous people.
But, with every one indigenous person obtaining a job, in the present day mining industry, the mining companies accommodate not only the "employed person" but also the extended family and in some instances there are "mobs" of them.
The social issues will be enormous, as they already are in most of the mining towns in the
Pilbara.
There is a mechanism in place already in
Newman, where Indigenous employment is taken quite seriously, but the people getting the jobs on offer are for the most, NOT LOCAL, they are indigenous Australians and quite savvy, they are mostly
well educated and in cases skilled plant operators and the like.
I was told directly by a local Aboriginal elder that, these people are the cause for concern amongst the locals, because these ( buggers are taking our jobs )
I know from experience, a poorly educated,unskilled Aboriginal person has next to no hope of making it in the jobs market and if Andrew
Forrest and the other Social Engineers from the top end of town and from within the mining industry think they can clear their consciences for mining the cultural and sacred lands of the Australian Aboriginal people, by making them complicit by the way of giving them jobs, in the mining industry, I'll be a monkeys uncle.
I have seen many things happen in twenty years of living in the
Pilbara, mostly not great for the local Aboriginals, but maybe the future will be different in a positive way.Image Could Not Be Found
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