They've had a good half decade to get this thing right. All the...

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    They've had a good half decade to get this thing right. All the professors, all the motivated activists, all the signatories to the Uluru Statement, all the well-meaning advocates for change, all the lawyers, all the politicians across most of the political spectrum (including the Federal Government and strong personal mandate of the Prime Minister himself), all the massive financial and moral support from across our various institutions....yet no-one's REALLY listened to the "Voices" that eventually matter most: the people that vote.

    And the people that vote have asked some pertinent and difficult questions but are yet to get answers.

    https://hotcopper.com.au/data/attachments/5622/5622524-fa1919cf99e557e7b161ce4b113130a6.jpg
    Alice town camps need not be places of misery

    Amazingly, of the 323 total dwellings surveyed in the Census, 112 were reported as being unoccupied – more than one-third. So much for the Indigenous housing shortage in Alice Springs, and self-help fixing up these houses.
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    https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2018/05/10/alice-town-camps-need-not-be-places-of-misery/



 
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