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Howard washes whiter! Coded and loaded language does little to better Indigenous living standards.

Publication: Arena Magazine
Publication Date: 01-APR-05 		Format: Online - approximately 904 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The over-simplification--or trivialisation --of Indigenous policy discussion in Australia is no less a problem than supposedly 'practical' or 'concrete' matters. The sheer illogic of many calls for 'practical' betterment belies their supposed common sense, rationality, and obviousness. Not all the notables who hector and moralise have any real idea of how things work or what to do. We need a new way of talking as much as we need improved social and economic statistics.

The Australian produces a flow of editorials on Indigenous affairs. This commitment is admirable, but not always illuminating. On 10 December 2004, an editorial makes its biggest point in the title, 'Defending the Real Rights of Aborigines', and begins with an attack on the shadow minister for Indigenous affairs:

If Kim Carr really wants to help Indigenous Australians living in...

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