Our community is regarded as fringe dwellers in our country. As soon as the ink was dry on the agreement, our citizenship rights were withdrawn. There were many promises made to our people about the benefits of mining. School, housing, employment, health services and investments. Well, we have no Aboriginal graduates of secondary education.
Housing is substandard.
The vast majority of the community is unemployed. Health services are minimal. And those strategic investments are losing value each year. Consumption of alcohol and dependence on welfare are inescapable problems. Aboriginal people in our community are not regarded as citizens.