Welfare: cheaper than perks given the uber-wealthy
If The Voice campaign taught me anything it’s that Indigenous people aren’t listened to. “Consultations” were/are brief FIFO visits with virtually no say in “solutions” imposed from afar. I’m reminded of “Another Country” narrated by David Gulpilil (SBSon-demand), graphically showing every white-man do-gooder intervention taking a community backwards. It should be compulsory viewing for every non-indigenous Australian. Perhaps annually – on Australia Day.
As for “sit-down money” …. Indigenous people are no more lazy than the rest of us. Referencing the Gulpilil film, I wonder did compulsory training programs lead to anything satisfying or meaningful for Indigenous people? If not, why do them if not compulsory? Ask what they want/need to learn.
Has Mr Beadman ever lived on welfare? I have. If I hadn’t owned my own home, my children and I would have become homeless. Rent might be cheaper in remote and regional areas but food and groceries cost more. I got a job 1 day per week, losing my benefit at the rate of 90c per dollar. I couldn’t have afforded that job, which “eventually” led to liveable hours, if I hadn’t had a small nest egg to draw on.
Listen! Judge not. And butt out more often.
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