usual her modus operandi- is to reinforce the victim view. Whenever aboriginal issues come up, I think of 2 questions I have never heard answered. Now, I concede that I have no special knowledge of the issues and I am probably culturally insensitive, but still I would like to hear a considered answer to: 1. Where in Australia today is a traditional Aboriginal lifestyle being followed? I thought that before the colonisation that Lowitja O'Donoghue speaks of, the inhabitants of this land were nomadic hunter gatherers. Why is the lifestyle in a place like Wadeye any more traditional than say, being an aboriginal student border at St Joseph's College in Sydney, or living in a suburb of a city? 2. What is the goal Aboriginal and other people are aiming at? If I gave Ms O'Donoghue a pencil and paper, and told her that there were infinite resources of money and goodwill, could she please write down her vision of the ideal Aboriginal community? Would it be a large hospital and school at Wadeye? Would Wadeye be supported by the Government, or would it be self-supporting? Would there be an Aboriginal hunter/gatherer community in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney or along the Yarra river in Toorak? Would there be an Aboriginal person on the High Court or in the Lodge? Would any Aboriginal people be Christians or would they follow only traditional beliefs and customs? It seems to me that until we can answer some of these questions, we don't