I Want To Catch Mr Whitlam With

Health Economists Have Estimated That An Injection Of $250 Million Per Year In Indigenous Clinical Care, And $50 Million In Preventative Care, Is Required To Provide Services At The Same Level As For Any Other Group With The Health Conditions Of Indigenous Australians.

Over 120 Aboriginal Communities Run Their Own Health Services - Some Have Been Doing So For 30 Years. They Struggle With Difficult Medical Problems. They Also Try To Deal With Counselling, Stolen Generations Issues, Family Relationships, Violence, Suicide Prevention.

Solutions Will Not Be Found While Indigenous People Are Treated As Victims For Whom Someone Else Must Find Solutions.

I Think The Climate Is Too Important To Say We Are Going To Wait Until All Our Economic Woes Are Over Before We Act Effectively.

Even Australians Who Take A Very, Very Hard Line About Asylum Seekers - And Unfortunately There Are More Than I Would Like To Think - Are Probably A Bit Uncomfortable With The Kind Of Treatment That Has Been Meted Out To Children In Detention By The Australian Government, In Their Name.