Friday, April 14, 2023

Yet more "so, the Voice isn't really necessary" content, at the Conversation

An article at The Conversation about the Kimberley region is entitled:

People in the Kimberley have spent decades asking for basics like water and homes. Will the Voice make their calls more compelling? 

and includes these paragraphs:

In recent decades, the problem has not been that Indigenous people don’t have the opportunity to “advise” governments. Rather, it is that the mechanics of actually delivering solutions on the ground in remote Indigenous Australia have been far from straightforward.

There are no incentives for multitudinous agencies – across local, state and government jurisdictions – to identify program duplication or to invest thought or resources in minimising the burden their demands for consultation place upon remote communities.

Meanwhile, remote communities, certainly in the Kimberley, are falling through the gaps in terms of service delivery. Many people are suffering ongoing issues with basic needs such as housing, water and electricity.

This is clearly a failure of delivery rather than consultation, given it should be obvious to everyone that communities want safe and functional homes to live in.

 

 

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