Patronising pollies just don’t get it
AC | January 5 2009SADDLED with the legacy of past Labor government’s failed Aboriginal policies, the Rudd Government is about to pump a further $30 million into remote communities in yet another job creation project, Working on Country. Piers Akerman
Creating and perpetuating horror
AC | December 10 2008
Michael Connor writes: “Over its lifetime Quadrant has published important essays which have had an impact on Australia’s public life. In the December issue Patrick McCauley’s essay, “Wadeye: Failed State as Cultural Triumph”, is such a work. More
Mainstream indigenous Australians live longer
AC | November 28 2008Fudging data will not serve Kevin Rudd’s promise to improve living standards for disadvantaged indigenous Australians. Helen Hughes
Kevin Rudd’s crocodile tears
AC | November 25 2008Despite tears of happiness shed as Rudd delivered his moving “Sorry” speech, his remarks have been shown to be hollow and his Government has reversed some of the positive aspects of practical reconciliation introduced by the former Coalition government. Piers Akerman
Fact-checking a myth at the ABC
Mark Henderson | November 21 2008
The ABC is up to its old tricks again, perpetuating the myth that the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal recognition gave them the vote. More
Apology won’t fix problems – Abbott
Australian Conservative | February 12 2008Tony Abbott writes that today’s apology will not address the substance abuse and family violence “that mean some remote indigenous townships resemble Somailia without guns. He writes, the Howard Government’s refusal to say “sorry” meant that the former PM “never received the credit he deserved for groundbreaking policies such as the intervention in Northern Territory townships.”
