Aborigines prefer the horizon
Real change, even symbolic, is never achieved by clever strategies, discussion papers or facilitators.
Jack Waterford is the former Editor-at-large at The Canberra Times and writes a regular column
Real change, even symbolic, is never achieved by clever strategies, discussion papers or facilitators.
Throughout the Sydney siege, the NSW Police never relied on the expert outsiders who were at hand.
Police have long had a very slippery understanding and application of sub judice laws.
NSW and Victoria have effectively stolen money and power from the rest of Australia for 60 years.
A little more money, yes, but don't expect schools to improve. That's a much harder problem.
Centrelink insists 'clients' are to blame for 'misunderstanding'.
The public has seen little of the Prime Minister they wanted and expected.
The parallels go right down to misleading threats and ultimatums issued to "clients", bad algorithms and drawing misleading conclusions from matching incompatible data.
Bliss to be alive, but to be young not very heaven
The federal and ACT public services say they have no serious integrity problems. But who's actually looking?
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