Published: April 06, 2019
In an extract from her book, Sarah Maddison argues that the Australian democratic ideal does little to improve Indigenous lives
The relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the rest of Australia is broken.
The system is not working. It has never worked for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Yet despite incontrovertible evidence of failure, the nation persists in governing the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in ways that are damaging and harmful, firm in its belief that with the right policy approach, the right funding arrangements, the right set of sanctions and incentives, Indigenous lives will somehow improve.
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