In the hurly-burly of the Voice campaign, Yes cheerleaders take regular issue with the assertion that Aboriginal related public spending is $30 billion or higher. They focus only on Aboriginal-specific programmes and services, and ignore Aboriginal peoples’ shares of health, education and especially welfare spending, so that per capita government spending per Aboriginal person is […]
Category: Aboriginal Community
MT WARNING CLASSIFIED AS TABOO
Below an article written by Bella d’Abrera for The Spectator Australia: Last October, Mt Warning was closed permanently to everyone except Aboriginal people by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS) after it declared the mountain to be ‘a place of sacred ceremonies linked to traditional law and custom,’ […]
WAS THE VOICE ALREADY IN PLACE?
The NIAA, National Indigenous Australian Agency, was established in July 2019 as the lead Agency in the Commonwealth for Indigenous Australians. Prior to this, the Indigenous Affairs Group within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet lead government policy and programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. According to NIAA’s 2021-2022 Annual Report it was […]
INQUIRY INTO BLACK FRIDAY’S FIRES
Listed below are selected extracts from the Royal Commission report written by Judge Leonard Stretton, who was selected to lead the inquiry into the 1939 Victoria bushfires. You can read about the cause of the fires, the evidence given, the role of the Forest Commission, and other general findings in the Report. Judge Stretton was […]
PROTESTERS NOT BOUND BY GATHERINGS LIMIT
TWENTY PEOPLE ONLY AT ALL OTHER GATHERINGS IN VICTORIA Up to twenty thousand people are expected at the march in Melbourne but “police won’t be arresting or fining people for breaking social distancing rules” the premier has declared. Victorians are being urged not to attend the planned protests for fears it could will spark a […]
NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP SITE FOR STH AUSTRALIA
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK FINAL DESTINATION FOR NUCLEAR WASTE Viability analysis undertaken has determined that a waste disposal facility could generate more than $100 billion income in excess of expenditure (including a $32 billion reserve fund for facility closure and ongoing monitoring) over the 120-year life of the project (or $51 billion discount). Given the significance […]