Gnads wrote on Jul 22
nd, 2018 at 9:08am:
Fair go Fuzzball
a cyclone/storm had gone through in those shots.
Rubbish.
I have been to several remote communities.
They are let to go to rack and ruin by the aboriginal tennants.
When it gets cold they tear up the floor boards to use as fire wood.
Few houses have functional doors.
We (taxpaying) Australians pay through the nose to build these houses.
Only to see them destroyed in a few years.
And it's not only the remote communities.
Look at any housing estate where our aboriginal brethren live
The places are a mess.
I dare you, I double dare you to go to Purfleet, just outside of Taree.
Or even The Kempsy Aboriginal settlements, that we pay for.
They see these houses as a right, the demand that we build, maintain and repair the damage they do.
There are some who do look after their properties, but these are the few, not the majority.
This mentality of privilege, not charity, is destroying both the Aboriginal culture and the Australian people's opinion of them.
One rule for all, no specialist entitlements just because you are black.
And a requirement to contribute would do far more good than harm to the Aboriginal people.
This happened just last week. I dropped in to see my cuz who lives on the mid north coast. He's an accountant and around tax time donates his time to do free tax returns for disadvantaged people.
One guy brought all his docs in (Centerlink payment forms) and demanded a tax refund for the figure on the top of the form. He politely explained that figure was paid to him in benefits.
The guy went off and told him his 'brudda' told him that's how much the 'gubberment' owed him and accused my cuz of trying to steal his refund. He said if he doesn't get his refund he'd bring his 'brudders' to town and beat him up.