Australians all let us rejoice for we are young and free?
Change the fucking anthem, change the fucking flag, say fucking sorry.
As i read the info below i feel like roaring and smashing items in my flat.
I’m not having a good week.
Western Australian Attorney-General Jim McGinty says the
Government has failed to cut Indigenous detention rates and it has become
almost a rite of passage for young Aborigines to spend time in jail.
New figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
show WA’s rate of juvenile detention is around twice the national
average, with only the Northern Territory recording higher figures.
Mr McGinty says about 80 per cent of children in detention are
Aboriginal, despite Indigenous people making up just 3 per cent of
the population.

June 16, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I’m with you on this one dec – the present australian government is actively dismantling the physical (as well as spiritual and emotional) connection indigenous australians have with their country. There is irreparable social breakdown occurring in many (but not all) aboriginal communities that stems from lack of cultural and language appropriate education opportunities.
sorry just doesn’t cut it any more