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Why has our indigenous policy failed? (Sydney Morning Herald)

TO answer this question, it would be easy to list the usual suspects, such as fluctuating political will and commitment; dependence on the political cycle; the lack of consultation; inadequate, mismanaged or misdirected service delivery; failure to address root causes; and a focus...

28 July, 2010

Tony Abbott pledges to extend quarantine on indigenous welfare cash (The Courier Mail)

A COALITION Government would consider extending welfare quarantines across Australia, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says. Currently some welfare payments in Aboriginal communities are ''quarantined'' so that money can only be spent on necessities. Mr Abbott posed the question: ''If it's right and just in...

27 July, 2010

Ecuador’s indigenous justice system on trial (BBC News)

A few thousand people are gathered in La Cocha, an indigenous community in the Ecuadorean Andes, as a naked man is forced to carry a heavy bag of rocks around the town square. The 22-year-old man, called Orlando Quishpe, is then tied to a...

27 July, 2010