rhino wrote on Jul 15
th, 2019 at 9:29pm:
You cant make toffee out of dogsh!t Grappler, in John Smiths case expecting him to make an intelligent argument is exactly that.
Kind of leaves a bad taste in the mouth.....
Let's hear it from the Irish - and remember I'm somewhere in line for High King of Ulster at Tara....
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/distinguished-lecture-paper-2017.pd..."Mining royalty payments and the governance of Aboriginal Australia
Introduction:-
To say that Indigenous policy is challenging and complex is an obvious understatement. Governments and policy makersin Australia have struggled for decades to address Indigenous social and economic disadvantage,while at the same time maintaining Indigenous cultural identity.In this situation you would expect that if there was one policy response whose effectiveness was established beyond doubt, governments would grasp it with enthusiasm and relief, and then turn their minds to finding other and complementary policy solutions. I want to argue this evening that there is such a policy response, which involves the fostering and encouragement of Indigenous autonomy and Indigenous self-government. By ‘autonomy’ I mean the capacity to set your own goals and the means by which you pursue them. By self-government I mean a particular form of autonomy which involves a negotiated, permanent transfer of governance powers, and of the resources required to exercise those powers, to Indigenous institutions. I am not saying that Indigenous autonomy is a ‘silver bullet’ that would resolve all issues facing Australia’s Indigenous peoples. But I will show that there is overwhelming empirical evidence to suggest that it can make a major contribution. I will argue that despite this evidence Australian governments have, especially in the last decade, not only failed to embrace Indigenous autonomy, but have consistently rejected and undermined it. This rejection constitutes a huge problem in terms of addressing Indigenous disadvantage and promoting Indigenous cultural vitality. It is important to explain the reluctance of Australian governments to recognise the value of Indigenous autonomy, let alone embrace it. I will attempt to do this, arguing that key factors include non-Indigenous institutional interests associated with existing patterns of governance and service delivery; the paternalism and racism that is still a powerful influence on Australia’s approach to its Indigenous peoples; and, linked to this second factor, Australia’s failure to fully address the history of its relations with its First Nations. l will conclude the Lecture by considering what academic researchers can do to help address government reluctance to embrace Indigenous autonomy and the factors that underpin that reluctance. "