[Aussie Dasher]

Alternatively, Aborigines could go out, get a job and work for a living like the rest of us.

In the name of all things decent, the Australian taxpayer is already pouring over $2 BILLION each year into aboriginal welfare without much success.

When and where do we draw the line?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I like the idea of these protected groups being allowed individual ownership of their land.

[Oztrich Boy]

In the name of all things decent, the Australian taxpayer is already pouring over $2 BILLION each year into aboriginal welfare without much success.

OTOH because it's a Government program, most of it is wasted.

[yankeedame]

When and where do we draw the line?

Don't ask us. The U.S. has already pour over $7 TRILLION ($7,000,000,000,000) over the past 40 years* into welfare [a.k.a. "War on Poverty"] without much success.

*And counting!

[Katya]

"As for government: "It has been an enslaver of Aboriginal people for 200 years. It's time we got them out of the way so we can move on independently."

I think this statement says it all....and is reflective of native cultures across the globe. These people should have the right to develp their land like any other population. "We" have tried, unsucessfully to "manage" these populations, as if they were zoological specimans. First we attempted conversion, later the politically correct decided it would be best if they went back to their tribal roots. Enough already.