Health Economists Have Estimated That An Injection

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.

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.

Three Years Ago The Government Announced The Creation Of Reconciliation Place, And Said That It Would Include A Memorial To Those Removed From Their Families. However, They Refused To Include Any Of Those Who Were Removed In The Design Of Their Own Memorial.

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.

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.