Walgett Community High and Moree East Public are the schools that bureaucracies forgot, in physically deplorable condition and battling the pathogen of low expectations from all quarters. By NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli's own admission, the schools have been failed from the top by hulking institutions run from Sydney that swept them out of sight, … Continue reading Australian Aboriginal school kids treated like rubbish
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Australia’s Aborigines blame racism for poor health standards
This week, the Australian government launched its new National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan. As with all such plans, much depends on how it is implemented. With the details of how it is to be turned into meaningful action yet to be worked out, many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, communities and … Continue reading Australia’s Aborigines blame racism for poor health standards
Indigenous culture, but not at all costs, says Australian Child Protection Commissioner
The need to maintain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture should not override a child's ability to move into the mainstream, Queensland's Child Protection Commissioner says. Examining the significant over-presentation of indigenous children under state care, former Crime Commissioner and Family Court judge Tim Carmody said it was important that specific indigenous and wider social … Continue reading Indigenous culture, but not at all costs, says Australian Child Protection Commissioner
Craig Hill 