Her comments and those made by others like Anthony Mundine - have found a receptive, young aboriginal audience. I wish I was like Anthony Mundine. Trent Robinson Trent Robinson is an 18 year old apprentice rugby league player with the Sydney Roosters and says what these athletes do and say does make a big difference. The aborigines may need all the political muscle they can get from their sports stars. Their community may be disproportionately over-represented in the country's prisons, but in politics they hardly have a voice.
Progress is slow.
The Western Australian election last weekend returned the first ever aboriginal woman elected to an Australian parliament.