Life Wasn't Meant To Be

There Are No Quick Fixes To Indigenous Poverty And Social Disaster.

In The Last Twelve Years, We Have Come Some Distance Towards Reconciliation And The Breaking Down Of Disadvantage. Let Us Take Encouragement From What Has Been Achieved And Set Our Minds And Hearts To End The Remaining Roadblocks.

Development Requires Modification And Transformation Of The Environment... The Planet's Capacity To Support Its People Us Being Irreversibly Reduced By The Destruction And Degradation Of The Biosphere And The Need To Understand The Problem And Take Corrective Action Is Becoming Urgent.

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

At The Moment People Get On Boats Because They Flee Terror At Home And Believe The Many Years' Long Wait In Unhcr Camps Is Not A Valid Option, Especially If They Have Children In Their Care. After The Vietnam War, Australia Took A Larger Humanitarian Intake Than At Any Other Period In Our History. The Australian Community Accepted That. They Were Told Why We Needed To Do It, And Why It Was The Only Ethical Decent Policy That A Wealthy Advanced Country Should Adopt.