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What the major parties are offering on Indigenous affairs

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Apr 18, 2025
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Shift in Indigenous Affairs Focus

  • Labor's Indigenous affairs platform has disappeared in the latest election cycle after being very detailed previously.
  • The Coalition focuses on auditing and accountability but seems to aim more at punishing Indigenous people than supporting them.
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CDP's Punitive Impact

  • The Community Development Program forced remote Indigenous people into unpaid work or lost welfare.
  • The program's below-minimum wage and punitive nature created misery and was widely criticized.
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Labor's Jobs Program Flaws

  • Labor's Remote Jobs and Economic Development program mirrored many past failures and lacked proper Indigenous governance.
  • It was rushed and top-down, showing neoliberal policymaking tendencies rather than community partnership.
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