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The bar may be set low but the necessary inputs aren't much higher than a snakes belly.
The bar may be set low but the necessary inputs aren't much higher than a snakes belly.On the subject of cutting programs to support young mothers, Gillard stopped child allowance for single mums when the child turned 8, before then it went until the child was 16.
Albo just re instated it to 14 years old, so that was a great move.
I know it hurt my daughter who is a single mum, her oldest son has just turned 14 in Oct so she lost the allowance for most of his growing years and she doesn't earn much.
As I said finger pointing and saying one side is better than another, really isn't the point, both sides are not setting a very high bar and that is why they struggle with re election.
The statement that Australians hate aboriginals is one of ignorance, NFI and watches to much ABC and only leaves there suburban house to go there government job
Wasn’t if good to see all those champagne socialist parasites Albo and co in Canberra shoot down a bill Price tried to put in to the parliament asking to see where that 40 plus billion goes?
Can’t let down that woke support base and effect those cushy jobs
IME there are certainly I haters in any community. There are Aboriginal people that hate whites. Name any group and there are haters among them.Nah actually lived it, seen it, know it, but if you want proof social media posts about Aboriginal rock art really brings out the haters so much so its run by click baiters all the time.
As for the hate I do understand why some do but it wont fix the problem unfortunately.
That is a lot of the problem, minorities in both camps are leveraging the racist card to further the divide.IME there are certainly I haters in any community. There are Aboriginal people that hate whites. Name any group and there are haters among them.
But I went to a rate payers association meeting here in the Swan Valley recently... All white people / European descent and when the topic of the local rock paintings came up with reference to the recent fire here, there was overwhelming support.
It comes back to individual behaviors and I just don't see any overarching racism apart from a very small minority.
tell me about the art rock please?Nah actually lived it, seen it, know it, but if you want proof social media posts about Aboriginal rock art really brings out the haters so much so its run by click baiters all the time.
As for the hate I do understand why some do but it wont fix the problem unfortunately.
whats Gina got to do with things now aside from you trying to deflect the the topic.Gina's poodle?
The $$ are around $2 bil to $5 bil.
Last half of the last sentence is so, so true.That is a lot of the problem, minorities in both camps are leveraging the racist card to further the divide.
Most Australians are compassionate, as can be seen by fund raisers and very few complaining about our welfare system, the main complaints come from those who keep saying not enough is being done.
Unfortunately that works two ways, able bodied people complaining that welfare isn't enough and the media complaining about the lack of workers, does create a conundrum.
Is there a lack of workers, or a lack of people wanting to work?
tell me about the art rock please?
where is the proof on Gina and the other folk extracting money from the aborigionals, where is the proof of every one hating the aborigionals, where is the proof on the the fake claims of the rock art?There is a bit to it needs its own thread.
@JohnDe I would second a guess that a lot of hard earned is being siphoned for this b/s.I have a friend at the Adelaide Open tennis, been texting me about the games they have been watching.
It’s all over now, seems there was a bit of a behind the scenes issue with the elder that does the ceremony. Nothing drastic but it left a bad impression.
One of the comments from my friend
The welcome to country after every game has been a bit much
I watched the last game on the TV and wanted to see the trophy ceremony and players speak. I almost turned off early because the ramblings from the government stooges was ridiculous and overly long.
Time to get rid of welcoming us to our country.
The NT was Labor during Albo's visit government has changed hands, the new lot said they were going to fix it up locking everyone one up.
NT's incarceration rate is already 1% WA's by comparison is .2%
Anthony Albanese needs to act for the love of the Territory
Rising violence and crime in the Territory has been heart-wrenching for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. Picture: Liam Mendes
As a senator for the Northern Territory, it will come as no surprise that the Territory is significant to me. But it’s more than just significant; the Territory is home – the place I belong, the place I love.
That’s why the rising violence and crime of the past few years has been so heart-wrenching. Because it’s turned the place I know so well into a place I hardly recognise any more. The level of dysfunction and disorder we’ve learned to live with in recent times is not how things used to be; it’s not the place that raised me.
In a real sense, I believe my home of the Northern Territory, and particularly Alice Springs, is in need of people who love it.
And before I lose you on account of sounding too reductionist or wishy-washy, bear with me for a moment. One of the hardest and yet most precious things about love is that it demands boundaries. Boundaries that stop the thing loved from wandering beyond the place in which it will thrive; boundaries that enable it to realise and become the best version of itself.
And no, I’m not advocating for blanket paternalism here. What I’m saying is we can’t throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to the way we manage and govern society. We can’t run away from imposing necessary restrictions or boundaries just because someone affected by them might not like us.
Hurt feelings are one thing, but lives and communities being destroyed are quite another.
The fact is there are times and places where it is clear that a system is so enabling and encouraging immaturity that to leave things the way they are would be unloving and irresponsible of those in leadership.
As someone living in the midst of what often feels like chaos in Alice Springs, I think this is true of our current system in the Northern Territory.
Most people living here would say the same, and I’d suggest the landslide victory enjoyed last year by the Country Liberal Party, which was so unequivocal about its approach to law and order, is solid evidence of that.
Therefore, the way I see it, the reforms proposed by the CLP to combat social dysfunction and violence must be fully supported by the Albanese government.
A Territory government that finally loves its place enough to be brutally honest and not leave it in disarray, is being held back from achieving greatness by Anthony Albanese.
To keep things in true perspective, the proposed reforms Mr Albanese won’t touch with a 10-foot pole are not proposals that will decimate the lives of our most vulnerable. Take the Territory government’s proposed reforms to Centrelink payments, for example. Ensuring payments aren’t made on days when takeaway alcohol is available, or requiring regular reporting in order to receive benefits, are not some kind of fatal deprivation.
They are designed to restore the reciprocity we require of every Australian citizen – the give and take of living in a liberal democracy, where rights and obligations come as a packaged deal.
And let’s not forget the many upstanding citizens who had to endure curfews and alcohol restrictions that were particularly disruptive in the lead-up to what are usually seasons of celebration and festivity.
It was incredibly inconvenient, but we complied – we put up with it because we love and respect our home and will do what we must to see it thrive. Therefore, it is entirely reasonable that those who choose not to respect their home should bear the consequences of that.
The give and take of this social contract is the same rationale that lies behind the proposals to expand the amounts and pathways to income management. This is not suddenly leaving people high and dry with no government welfare, it’s about requiring mature and responsible decision-making; for example, around the school attendance of their child should a person want less restrictive forms of that benefit.
Or take the proposed reforms to the distribution of royalty money by land councils.
Again, this isn’t about removing people’s eligibility to receive what they are entitled to, it is simply about distributing those funds in a way that discourages destructive behaviour.
Anthony Albanese’s opposition to these proposed reforms proves he doesn’t really love this country. If he did, he would back in a Territory government that does, regardless of differing political persuasions.
It’s really quite simple – if we are going to truly flourish and be a safe and prosperous people, then we need a prime minister who loves Australia, rather than one who wants to be liked by enough of the right people to keep the top job.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is the opposition spokeswoman for Inidigenous Australians.
the irony is welcome to country was invented in the 70s by Ernie Dingo. on some hippy retreat west of Byron BayI have a friend at the Adelaide Open tennis, been texting me about the games they have been watching.
It’s all over now, seems there was a bit of a behind the scenes issue with the elder that does the ceremony. Nothing drastic but it left a bad impression.
One of the comments from my friend
The welcome to country after every game has been a bit much
I watched the last game on the TV and wanted to see the trophy ceremony and players speak. I almost turned off early because the ramblings from the government stooges was ridiculous and overly long.
Time to get rid of welcoming us to our country.
So we can blame that blasted Native Dingo for all of this b/s.the irony is welcome to country was invented in the 70s by Ernie Dingo. on some hippy retreat west of Byron Bay
How Welcome To Country was created by Ernie Dingo and mates in 1976
Ernie Dingo's dance troupe came up with the new ritual in 1976 after an awkward stand-off with Maori and Cook Islanders who refused to perform at an arts festival until they were ritually welcomed.www.dailymail.co.uk
so you found the info, about every one hating aborigionals, Gina taking the money & your indigenous rock paintings?Gina's poodle?
The $$ are around $2 bil to $5 bil.
so you found the info, about every one hating aborigionals, Gina taking the money & your indigenous rock paintings?
or are they just all useless baseless claims that you read online from some socialist rag piece trying to do as socilists do best try and incite racial hatred?
got proof yet or just trying to change course for a basic tit for tatFound your glasses...eh.
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