Living black

The world has changed many times and Australia has changed so live today not in the past.The aboriginals that live here today took the land from other people that lived here before .The Bradshaw people predating any other peopleliving in Australia.

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black and white

I think there are alot of people that should travel outside there own country and see what goes on in other countries. Everyone that lives here in Australia has the same chance to do what ever they want. They just need to do it not sit back and cry about being black.We all live here we are all the same this crap about black or white is crap .People dont go on about red hair people or bonde haired people we dont carry on that black haired people dont have the same chaces to get ahead .There are many skin colours .Get on with life forget about living in the past get a job stop drinking and take some pride in what you look like .

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"Homeless voices"

The unique heritage and culture of Australia’s indigenous settlers is that they are traditional nomads. They are meant to be homeless!

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Recognition

Alcohol is a problem in all cultures if misused. I see plenty of all people committing violence too because of it, not just Aboriginals. Giving someone money is one thing, but you also have to give them a reason to live. I was fortunate enough to come from a multi-cultural school where Aboriginal history was taught. Culture is another word for "heritage". Nothing wrong with the native Australians culture being taught in schools for once. It will bring some desperate soul healing that has been needed for so long. Small changes make history and mold the future. I look at it this way. We as a anglo-saxon society experienced all the same things Aboriginals have. We've just had more time to advance ourselves. We've also had a lot more opportunities. I say make a change in people's hearts first and look at yourselves before you throw stones at others. Then maybe you would have the right to comment on something our forefathers created.

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Hi Sandra, I don't think it's a case of anti-aboriginal comments here...

... but rather people who have an idea of what the real situation is (which takes about a month on a remote community to ascertain) pointing out some of the issues that are uncomfortable truths. Having 15 years of welfare industry experience I can attest that sometimes the more you give the more is taken for no real gain. In the case of endless tax free guilt money gravy trains being put into place for our Indigenous there is perhaps an argument for less of such things, some tough love for want of a better term, to force some improvement. As soon as, say, royalty payments and artworks are taxed then the real financial status of many people would be there for all to see and that would lead to a swift reassessment of where the responsibility for some peoples lifestyles really lies. And would save the taxpayer a hell of a lot of money in a reduced Centrelink bill at the same time.

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What show are they watching?

Are these anti-Aboriginal comments from real people who watch Living Black? If yes, they're not learning anything about the diversity of modern Aboriginal Australia and they're not learning anything about empathy for those worse off than they are.

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Reap what you sow

This is to a certain extent a case of reaping what you sow. The passive resistance to any sort of progress from a large number of Indigenous communities where children are deliberately not sent to school (since they won't need an education when tax free royalties, tax free earnings from artwork, free healthcare and Centrelink payments will keep rolling in forever) means we have a large number of people utterly incapable of existing in society. I have worked with many drug addicts in southern states but at least they could all speak English and had some basic literacy. Which is more than you'll get from a percentage of people in the community towns.

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Homelessness

Like many of their other complaints, the Aborigines are homeless because they won't work and expect others to solve their problems. The more welfare they are given, the worse off they are. How else could they buy their booze, so we do them no favours.

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Where do we Stand ?

Our people been fighting for years for rights and recognition just remember stolen generation, that familys are still looking for each other today.Cause what happend years ago still affect people today and were do the law work in our favour? councelling and therapy an what eva facilities just dont cut it.When people are going to realise you just cant sweep it under the carpet especially when its your family.An when miners take the goodness out of our land example T.O only get 20%, 10% for neighbor then split that again with your mob an your left with 3 years worth why not make it 50% since they make hundreds of million dollars out of our land then may be we will have our own house cars etc. It's(CAUSED by ALCOHOL) I'd tell you that to instead of my personal buisness. Ask the gov to make ALCOHOL ILLEGAL across Australia there is alot of multi culture on the street not only from ABORIGINAL communities?

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One has to help oneself & take responsibility for their own ways

I grew up in Cairns so this is a familiar sight to me. I have seen Aboriginals abuse each other and I was once a victim of abuse. I have also met local Indigenous people who wanted to better themselves and their community. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. People have to want to help themselves regardless of their background, not continue to lay blame for something that happened over 200 years ago. Why is it that when you go to other countries i.e. NZ you see local Indigenous people working in the community yet it is a rare sight to see an Indigenous Australian working in places like Cairns. Handouts don't help the cause and I can understand that motivation would be lacking if your parents are both alcoholics but there comes a point where people should take responsibility for their own individual destiny. The Aboriginal culture is one of the oldest in the world so I hope they manage to preserve it in a way that they can be proud of for generations to come.

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