[KangarooJacqui]

Thanks. This isn't my first trip to Sydney, I know to avoid Redfern (especially on foot). It's just one of many areas (for various reasons) to avoid, unfortunately.

I also know about the "industry" devoted to keeping indigenous Australians (we're not supposed to call them "Aboriginies" anymore, because that is exclusive of the Torres Strait Islanders)... it's called ATSIC (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission) and it was the creation of the bleeding-heart lefties of the last Labor Government who comprised Australia's ruling party Federally from 1983 until 1996. (And you lot thought 8 years of Clinton was bad... *shudder*)

It's a big scam and benefits very few people, while the vast majority of indigenous Australians remain poor, uneducated and in many cases lacking basic health care (all the sorts of things that ATSIC's enormous budget was supposed to fix.)

[luvbach1]

Stupid PC dictum since indigenous means aboriginal.

[Cronos]

Are Australian Aborigines Negroid or Caucasian? For that matter, what about Melanesians/polynesians??