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| Australia is failing to improve indigenous lives, report shows | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 14 2017, 04:52 AM (789 Views) | |
| mysysail | Feb 14 2017, 04:52 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38965545 |
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| mysysail | Feb 14 2017, 04:54 AM Post #2 |
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Australia is not on track to close the gap in life expectancy between its indigenous and non-indigenous people, a major report card has found. The annual Closing The Gap report determined Australia is failing six of seven key measures aimed at reducing indigenous disadvantage. PM Malcolm Turnbull told parliament that progress had not been sufficient. The annual report measures targets designed to improve health, education and employment outcomes. "Even with successive Commonwealth and state governments investing more resources, and even with tens of thousands of dedicated Australians seeking to contribute and engage, we are still not making enough progress," Mr Turnbull said in parliament on Tuesday. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, who make up about 3% of the population, are among the nation's most disadvantaged. |
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| longbich | Feb 14 2017, 06:10 AM Post #3 |
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Yes. This is true. Shameful and true. People try, governments try but for years there is no improvement. |
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The Bird of Time has but a little way to fly- And Lo, the Bird is on the wing. "Omar" | |
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| Harambe4Trump | Feb 14 2017, 06:12 AM Post #4 |
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Perhaps you should leave the aboriginals alone and let them live their lives? |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| longbich | Feb 14 2017, 06:21 AM Post #5 |
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Perhaps you are right Harambe4Trump. Nothing else seems to have worked. But really the whiteman's curse is strong her in OZ. What has been forced upon the oldest race on Earth is difficult to leave alone and seemingly impossible to fix. Maybe pretend that nothing is happening. Shut our eyes and pretend. |
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The Bird of Time has but a little way to fly- And Lo, the Bird is on the wing. "Omar" | |
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| Harambe4Trump | Feb 14 2017, 07:56 AM Post #6 |
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Nothing will satisfy your type until western civilization is a heaping ruin. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| CautionaryTales | Feb 14 2017, 08:10 AM Post #7 |
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Shut up fashy. Just shut up, willya.... You are embarrassing yourself. Edited by CautionaryTales, Feb 14 2017, 08:11 AM.
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Have you paid your internet taxes? | |
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| Harambe4Trump | Feb 14 2017, 08:17 AM Post #8 |
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I see gramps is getting emotional. . . |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| CautionaryTales | Feb 14 2017, 08:18 AM Post #9 |
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If laughing at you embarrass yourself is what you consider emotional...
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Have you paid your internet taxes? | |
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| PATruth | Feb 14 2017, 10:05 AM Post #10 |
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It's sad but indigenous people often have a very difficult time adapting to modern society. They are torn between maintaining cultural customs and lifestyles and leaving them behind for modernity. Governments try to protect the past while encouraging the future. Unfortunately being quasi-modern doesn't work. Every culture has had to turn the page, I suggest indigenous people do the same or suffer the consequences. |
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"No. No he won't. We'll stop it." | |
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| Robert Stout | Feb 14 2017, 10:15 AM Post #11 |
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Perhaps you can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear...............
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| Che On The Rocks | Mar 21 2017, 07:49 AM Post #12 |
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Australia again denounced for treatment of Aborigines as U.N. investigates
FILE PHOTO: Members of the Australian Aboriginal community of Ramingining stand next to a machine used to pay for fuel in East Arnhem Land, located east of the Northern Territory city of Darwin, Australia November 25, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo |
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Free Milagro Sala! What happened to Santiago Maldonado? What happened to ARA San Juan? Mapuche Lives Matter! Stop the political persecution in Argentina! Stop the looting of Argentina! | |
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| Robertr2000 | Mar 22 2017, 03:56 PM Post #13 |
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The Australian government can improve indigenous lives by butting the F*K OUT of their lives. |
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| Drudge X | Mar 23 2017, 12:43 AM Post #14 |
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There would be endless tribal war among the Aborigines today if the West did not colonize Australia. See Africa post-colonialism. |
| Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind. | |
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| longbich | Mar 23 2017, 01:20 AM Post #15 |
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I don't usually respond to you Drudge X but .......crap. Just saying. Not even bothering to explain. Just crap. |
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The Bird of Time has but a little way to fly- And Lo, the Bird is on the wing. "Omar" | |
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| Harambe4Trump | Mar 23 2017, 01:24 AM Post #16 |
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Australia is at war with its white, colonial-derived founding stock. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| longbich | Mar 23 2017, 02:30 AM Post #17 |
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Yep. Why don't you and Drudge X have a chat. You both seem like you will get along fine. You both seem to have really good ideas and your input is valued by everyone here on Perspectives.com. "Australia is at war with its white, colonial-derived founding stock." What does that even mean? Australia is a melting pot, just like the USA. There are people from all parts of the world making up Australia's population. Are we at war with each other in OZ like a civil war or something? It's not colonial. It's convict derived founding stock. Or as we say here in OZ, "First Settlers" Why am I bothering? But yes as the OP suggested this is true. Edited by longbich, Mar 23 2017, 02:32 AM.
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The Bird of Time has but a little way to fly- And Lo, the Bird is on the wing. "Omar" | |
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| Mr. Tik | Mar 23 2017, 02:44 AM Post #18 |
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There is a meme that offers insight on your conundrum in question.
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You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up | |
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| Robert Stout | Mar 23 2017, 03:44 AM Post #19 |
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When is Australia going to elect its first Aboriginal as President of the country ???...Or perhaps you could borrow Dutarte.............
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| ringotuna | Mar 23 2017, 03:45 AM Post #20 |
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Don't bother. It's not worth it. Like we say here in Texas..FE&FEFH My knowledge of Australian Aboriginals is limited to having watched "Rabbit Proof Fence" ,some internet social interaction with an Aborigine woman, years ago, and traveling with a couple of Australian counterparts on business. |
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