[LINK] Internet to Empower Indigenous Communities

[Adam Todd]

At 11:00 AM 25/06/2007, Howard Lowndes wrote:


>Tom Worthington wrote:
>>A report on Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse was 
>>released by the Northern Territory Government 15 June 2007 
>><http://www.nt.gov.au/dcm/inquirysaac/>. The Australian Government 
>>has responded by proposing to take control of Aboriginal 
>>communities in the NT, restricting welfare payments and by imposing 
>>outside police and welfare workers 
>><http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Interview/2007/Interview24380.cfm>. 
>>This runs counter to the report's recommendations and may make the 
>>situation worse, not better.
>>Perhaps the Internet and the web can be used to empower the local 
>>communities, as DCITA suggest on their web site 
>><http://www.e-strategyguide.gov.au/creative_web_use/build_communities>. 
>>This could allow the local community to run its own affairs, while 
>>having unobtrusive oversight of this by state and federal 
>>authorities. It would also allow the local community to have more 
>>oversight of what state and federal governments were doing and be 
>>heard. More at: 
>><http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2007/06/internet-to-empower-indigenous.html>.
>
>John Howard's move is his "Children overboard" move to try to gain 
>some traction for this election.  I predict this week's polls will 
>reflect it's positive spin.

Only from those NOT in the NT and from those who the processes don't 
apply to or affect or who have actual exposure to the issues.

People tend to support more the things that are remote from them, 
rather than the things that affect them.

When things affect people, they are usually against the processes.

People don't like change, unless it's change for someone else.