Foreign Correspondence

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The welfare experiment - an opinion piece from Mission Australia's CEO, Toby Hall
Monday, 01 December 2008

It seems the Northern Territory’s emergency intervention is coming to a state near you, and it’s arriving today.

Similar to trials currently underway in the NT and Cape York, the Federal and WA governments have announced that from today, parents in Cannington and the Kimberley community of Kununurra can have 70 per cent of their income support payments quarantined for the benefit of their children, if the parents are deemed to be using the money inappropriately.

more .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=35285459

Unfortunately in remote Australia there are still people living in poor 3rd world conditions ..
this was/is very interventionist, and of course much debate .. as per usual about most everything
..more aboriginal women were for, by memory .. some against .. white fellas? .. some for some against,

I haven't been keeping up with how it's all turned out .. oh .. this looks an update ..

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Income management: an overview .. near the bottom ..

Is income management working?
http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/2011-2012/IncomeManagementOverview#_Toc328056526

http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/2011-2012/IncomeManagementOverview

There is much in there for anyone interested .. it's related to the first article in the one this is in reply to ..

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The Sapphires

It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship
and war when their all girl group The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam.

http://www.movie2k.to/The-Sapphires-watch-movie-2246855.html

With Firefox downloads were needed with all options i tried ..
with updated Google Chrome easy .. just click and watch ..

An excellent little movie .. well paced and photographed, little normal
personal conflict .. warm, genuine, no bs .. funny, some suspense .. a taste

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ljho1cyEfg

h/t to dbleagl for passing it on.