Selective quoting pecs. Here's another quote from the same article...
"Massive budget surpluses in the last decade that should have been invested in addressing Indigenous disadvantage were unfairly directed at middle Australia to win votes. Nevertheless, the Howard government’s rhetoric of policy failure over the last 35 years does not match the statistical evidence. And one wonders how much better off Indigenous people might have been today with proper needs-based investments and support for, rather than unrelenting attack on, Indigenous institutions during the Howard years."
