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27 May 05:40am

Filed under: Aboriginal Australians, Indigenous Affairs, Regional Communities

Good Government is about empowering people, creating a sense of community, facilitating change and giving people real choices.

Government policies are encouraging a handout mentality. Photo: Getty Images

Fifty years ago the people managed our communities, looked after employment, hospitals, policing and schools. Problems that occurred in the community were sorted out by the community.

However successive policies by both parties have moved Australia away from a community empowerment model towards a centralized control system with bureaucrats managing down on communities. The people with the power to help sort out problems with hospitals, policing and towns have been progressively removed from our communities, taking their power with them.

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BTS says:

05:15am | 28/05/10

The choice of Local Police Commanders and Hospital staff in Queensland has not had ‘local community input’ for more than twenty years. It’s observable, historic fact, that if an Aboriginal Community is made up of more than one tribe, the elected tribe, holding power, distributes wealth disproportionately in favour of… Read more »
Gary Cox says:

09:28pm | 27/05/10

But Dick if you take power away from bureaucrats and hand it to local councils or communities too many bureaucrats would lose their jobs and have to get a real job. Hits on facebook would halve instantly. Read more »

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