Post by NFA on Oct 13, 2023 7:26:12 GMT 8
RE: ‘Vibe’ of the voice not enough, but let’s now listen
The Editor
The Courier Mail
When we were kids in Far North Queensland in the 1970s, my mate Lenny’s Dad had just quit as manager of a remote aboriginal community.
When he’d started he worked for the Church. He said the tribes came in for brief periods for goods and healthcare, but spent most of their time living traditionally.
The Queensland government took over from the Church but kept Lenny’s Dad on in his role. He said that’s when things started going downhill.
The tribes were offered incentives to be on the community full-time and began to lose their traditional skills and views. Aggression and violence became far more common.
Lenny’s dad quit because it was clear that the government was running communities as socialist enclaves as opposed to the Church’s model of aid bases. He knew things would only get worse.
Since then we’ve seen the disadvantage that government socialism created has led to it being a recognised national issue worthy of a referendum costing a third of a billion dollars, (‘Vibe’ of the voice not enough, but let’s now listen, 13/10).
One of the many details that Albo didn’t cover with the Voice was how it would reverse the socialist management model on remote communities. That’s the core issue that needs correction.
I suspect the Voice would not have removed the socialism because that would remove the disadvantage which would obviate the need for the Voice in the first place.
Remote aboriginal disadvantage is relatively easy to fix, but fixing it would end tens of thousands of well-paid taxpayer-funded jobs.
The people in those jobs can be relied on to ensure that disadvantage continues.
(271 words)
(Lenny wasn’t my mate’s real name – it was Kenny.)
Peter Campion
Tolga
The Courier Mail
When we were kids in Far North Queensland in the 1970s, my mate Lenny’s Dad had just quit as manager of a remote aboriginal community.
When he’d started he worked for the Church. He said the tribes came in for brief periods for goods and healthcare, but spent most of their time living traditionally.
The Queensland government took over from the Church but kept Lenny’s Dad on in his role. He said that’s when things started going downhill.
The tribes were offered incentives to be on the community full-time and began to lose their traditional skills and views. Aggression and violence became far more common.
Lenny’s dad quit because it was clear that the government was running communities as socialist enclaves as opposed to the Church’s model of aid bases. He knew things would only get worse.
Since then we’ve seen the disadvantage that government socialism created has led to it being a recognised national issue worthy of a referendum costing a third of a billion dollars, (‘Vibe’ of the voice not enough, but let’s now listen, 13/10).
One of the many details that Albo didn’t cover with the Voice was how it would reverse the socialist management model on remote communities. That’s the core issue that needs correction.
I suspect the Voice would not have removed the socialism because that would remove the disadvantage which would obviate the need for the Voice in the first place.
Remote aboriginal disadvantage is relatively easy to fix, but fixing it would end tens of thousands of well-paid taxpayer-funded jobs.
The people in those jobs can be relied on to ensure that disadvantage continues.
(271 words)
(Lenny wasn’t my mate’s real name – it was Kenny.)
Peter Campion
Tolga