Bob Geldof doesn't know what he is talking about. How can a person not living in a country possibly know the truth about a country's situation. He has said that Australia is economically stupid for not finding work for Aboriginals. There is plenty of work for them in the nation's premier sports competition the AFL. Seriously though, there is not much work available in the bush where Aboriginals generally choose to reside. A significant proportion of them live in Sydney. There they are offered work, but most do not take it. Many Aboriginals believe that white people took the land from them so they can give money for Aboriginals to live on.
Sport is the main area for career Aboriginals. There are indeed a lot in the Australian Football League and Australian Rugby League, also in athletics. Some turn their hand to traditional Aboriginal art. A few have made it to national politics and some have found a place in the media. Considering they make up only two percent of the population they are not a big drain on the economy. They get subsidies in education far and above that for white people. So entry into educational institutions is not the problem. Job training schemes are available even in the bush.
Only city born Aboriginals live fully "modern" lives. These are Aboriginals who have had no experience of Aboriginal culture and do not know to which tribe they belong. Some of these would marry, settle down and buy a house on a mortgage for example. The Government is in the process of building new houses for long lease to Aboriginals. The cost of living in them will be greatly subsidized, but of course ownership will return to the state after 40 years.
Aboriginals living in the interior live by consuming native fauna while still taking unemployment benefits. The Intervention experiment has been a disaster. It was instigated by the Howard Government ostensibly to stop sexual molestation of minors and to improve Aboriginal diets. Neither has improved with Intervention for two reasons. First there was no connection between income and sexual molestation. Second Aboriginals have such low incomes and food is so expensive in the bush that they still buy the cheapest most filling foods. Controlling the income of only a portion of the population is discriminatory anyway and should not have occurred.
Bob Geldof should live in a country before he passes judgement upon it. Just because his ex-wife made off with an Australian is no excuse to "kick' the country.
Sport is the main area for career Aboriginals. There are indeed a lot in the Australian Football League and Australian Rugby League, also in athletics. Some turn their hand to traditional Aboriginal art. A few have made it to national politics and some have found a place in the media. Considering they make up only two percent of the population they are not a big drain on the economy. They get subsidies in education far and above that for white people. So entry into educational institutions is not the problem. Job training schemes are available even in the bush.
Only city born Aboriginals live fully "modern" lives. These are Aboriginals who have had no experience of Aboriginal culture and do not know to which tribe they belong. Some of these would marry, settle down and buy a house on a mortgage for example. The Government is in the process of building new houses for long lease to Aboriginals. The cost of living in them will be greatly subsidized, but of course ownership will return to the state after 40 years.
Aboriginals living in the interior live by consuming native fauna while still taking unemployment benefits. The Intervention experiment has been a disaster. It was instigated by the Howard Government ostensibly to stop sexual molestation of minors and to improve Aboriginal diets. Neither has improved with Intervention for two reasons. First there was no connection between income and sexual molestation. Second Aboriginals have such low incomes and food is so expensive in the bush that they still buy the cheapest most filling foods. Controlling the income of only a portion of the population is discriminatory anyway and should not have occurred.
Bob Geldof should live in a country before he passes judgement upon it. Just because his ex-wife made off with an Australian is no excuse to "kick' the country.
