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Reflection from Uncle Frank Pearce on NAIDOC Week: Aboriginal people are looking for a handup not a handout. Basically an Aussie Fair Go

Without a doubt Aboriginal people have the worst outcomes in Education, Health , Housing and all-round quality of life. Which beggars the question why is it so after 255 years of failed government policies not much has changed? The key to overcoming Aboriginal disadvantage is education . Better education leads to better careers, better pay, health housing and all-round quality of life.

The only way to achieve this is through rela-tionship, relationships, relationships. We don’t want others walking in front showing the way. We want all other Austalians walking beside us finding the way together.
As an Aboriginal person who has lived through the worst of what the education has dealt out to Aboriginal people I am cynical to say the least when it comes to all education systems. The fact that we are still way below all other students on every educational indicator and in some cases going backwards at times makes me despair.

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