Child Abuse under Welfare

They didn't know how bad the problems were, but they are handing out billions of dollars because of 'Aboriginal disadvantage'. How can they be disadvantaged when they get welfare and the ordinary working Australian does not? One irony is that those not on welfare are not 'disadvantaged', even though they have to work for their money. The situation of the working man and woman in Australia is very good compared to those (including Aboriginals) on welfare.
Shouldn't the Government stop welfare and reform to food vouchers? Thus any alcohol or smokes desired can be purchased through getting a job?
Why is it so many Aboriginals are in jail? Can't we treat them equally and let them work? Um......to do this we need to end welfare, because the pollies just don't get it (except some like Mal Brough, Luke Simpkins, Dennis Jensen, John Howard, Colin Barnett etc).
The best idea I have got is to make 50 tax free zones in Northern Australia of about 100sqkm each where enterprise can move in and with the tax incentives train and teach the Aboriginals to work in business. Remove welfare, bring in food vouchers, and stop public housing and hospital. When the income is above $60 per week, the food vouchers will decrease to $30 per week. And when their income rises to$120 per week, cease the food vouchers.

Stop handing all the money out. It will be better spent on tax free zones in the North to open up major centres, reduce housing costs and prices and also reduce the cost of living. Those that export to overseas from a tax free zone should be given more incentives so Australia can become competitive once again.

Less bureaucracy and more business will actually improve people's lives in this country. Less focus on the so called 'human rights act' and more focus on enterprise and vision that will develop the country's industrial base once again.

Sorry state of indigenous abuse, says Productivity Commission report

ABORIGINAL disadvantage is worse than previously thought, with indigenous children almost seven times more likely to be abused or neglected despite a massive government effort to close the gap with the rest of the population.

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PM, state leaders to tackle health, education problems in Indigenous communities. 07/09 Sky News

Kevin Rudd warned yesterday that indigenous disadvantage was more profound than had been believed as he released a Productivity Commission report that found that although improvements were being made in some areas, the gap between the indigenous population on child abuse and neglect was widening.

The Productivity Commission report, released every two years, found substantiated child abuse cases in the indigenous community more than doubled from 16 per 1000 children in 1999-2000 to 35 per 1000 children in 2007-08.