Tomorrow will not be sacrificed for Yesterday
Tomorrow will not be sacrificed Today
At “Jessy Budby Healing Centre ” in New Farm, a Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Clinic run by QAIAS, there is a large turnover of clients because of cannabis use. Though they won’t admit this. The fact is they have to take anyone in to fill the beds. Even if they are aware that a person ( regular client ) doesn’t really want to, or will not, give up the grog. For further and continuing Funding !! To keep the Money coming in !! ( There is a lot on non-indigenous in the Indigenous specific ones for this reason ) Millions of dollars over many years with No Success !! Plenty of good wages !! But no one Cured !! If it was a Public, “ Healing Centre “ ( clinic ) it would have been a candidate for closure years ago !!
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0 commentI have Traveled round most of this Country and visited and stayed at a lot of Aboriginal communities, urban and remote. And so called Missions. About forty. (40) And my observation and experience is that not many Aboriginal People want to,or are going to, give up the grog !! Walk down any street, go to any park or river bank where Aboriginal People gather to drink and explain that the government wants them to stop drinking grog and to stop smoking cigarettes to, Close the Gap, and they will tell you in no uncertain terms, that the government can, Get Fucked !! “White man bought the grog here so I’m gonna keep drinking” one well known drunk will tell anyone that listens !! Aboriginal People are Well Aware of the Dangers and Problems caused by and associated with Drinking and Abusing Alcohol. And have been for many years. Many Drink to Forget Them !! To Blot and to Block them Out !! As Homer’s mate Carl said, “ Alcohol is the Best Antidote for Responsibility !! “ There have been Health Campaigns and Education Initiatives Galore over a lot of years, both State and Federal, to combat the abuse of alcohol by Aboriginal People and the problems caused by it.
Why, What, is this ongoing saga with the Abuse of it. Alcohol Management Plans (AMPs) Why and what of the continuing drama conflict and confusion with them !! The AVIs preferred and public view and stance on why Aboriginal people drink and abuse alcohol is, that it is the “Direct Result of Colonisation and Dispossession “ We have All become Alcoholics because of this !! Total BULLSHIT !! What about, “ Hey let’s get a couple of cartons and listen to the “State of Origin “ footy tonight !? or “ It’s my birthday ( pay-day ) so I’m getting pissed “ !? No, we all have to be, Alcoholics !! Alcoholism is a doctor specific diagnosis. So they must all be doctors !!
“Poverty” seems to be an Abstract term or expression used mainly by researchers and academics. I lived on the dole for a few years. Paid rent, electricity phone and gas bills. Fed myself, bought my own smokes and occasional beer. And whilst running a referral service ( DARS ) assisting with accommodation and wrote court reports. I never felt that I was living in “Poverty”. I have known many black-fellas over many years around this Country living on the dole or on a Disability Support Pension. Even parents with a pension and endowment in public housing. I can’t recall any of them ever mention “poverty”. Most quite happy and uncomplaining in their existence. Wherever it was.
In Papua New Guinea 40 per cent of the people live in Poverty, that is, on less than 90 cents a day. In Australia on the dole, $40 a day is poverty. Even with free food everywhere and assistance with most bills. What is the difference?
It is impossible for anyone to move on. Or Anywhere. With all the benefits including financial on offer these days for putting one’s hand up as a victim !! Any or even, All Categories !! Money Money Money !! And much more still to come !! Quote First Contact News sept. 04 edition. “Old wise man say you keep giving me drink of water I go nowhere. You keep giving me chow I definitely go nowhere. I am Contented ” unquote. Is this relevant? Certified Victims are Popular and Welcome People !! Assured Income. Probably in the, Money to Come Category. Knows where to get all the free tucker and food vouchers. Hot showers and free clothes. The Coffee Lady. Who’s likely to be Sympathetic ( with a good story ) to Assist with phone gas and electricity bills, Who’s Not. Even the Hare Krishna. And can legitimately claim to be Homeless ( doesn’t own a house!! ) It’s a Good Lurk and a Good Life !! Chad Morgan devoted a song to it !! Why Move On !? This Truly is The Lucky Country !! and We Australians Truly are The Lucky People !!
You see Stephen, a Victim is seen to be, and portrayed, a Loser. A victim of an assault for instance, is the one that lost the fight. A victim of a theft is the one that lost the money. People from all walks of life including, Aboriginal People recognise and accept this even if subconsciously. The emphasis is on sympathy these days for future reference re. possible court action as well. Now this is good but it can backfire if over-used. And unfortunately this is What’s Happening in This Country. To many people with a Vested Interest in Victim-Hood. The AVI. Stephen you do more than Promote Confirm and Perpetuate Victim-hood. In your “Hagan’s Opinion” (issue 211) You seem to go out like a hunter looking for it !! Like Bush Tucker that nourishes and sustains you !! What you can’t use immediately you put away for later ? You have a freezer full ? You actually, cultivate Victim-hood. Like Mushrooms. Is this really all you have to offer Stephen ? Perpetual Victim-hood ? Put it this way Stephen, Are you trying to solve (a) some Problem(s) ? If so, Exactly which one(s) ? What issues are you trying to impact on ? I Implore you, Please Tell Us !! I may be able to contribute in some way !! I am Serious !!
He is one, Very Determined Out of Touch Aboriginal Academic this Stephen Hagan !! Determined to Promote Confirm and to Perpetuate the Victim Status and Mentality of Aboriginal People !! He just Won’t Let Go !! Like a Bull-Terrier !! He wants to Hammer Us Down !! Like a Nail !! Get Back !! and Stay There !! Youse are Victims !! Always Was and Always Will Be !! Is His Message and Agenda !! He deserves the Aboriginal Victim Industry ( AVI ) Award of the Week !! For his Latest Offerings in NIT ( aka The Joke ) re. The poverty issue.
This a major contributing factor to this “Image Problem” Other people including Anglo Aussies watch these shows and many have even been to and seen first-hand “what’s happening in these Countries” look at us and shake their heads in dismay and even disgust. Especially in places like, Redfern, Black Theatre, Mathew Talbot Hostel and the Cross in Sydney, The Valley and around West End in Brisbane where many Black-fellas congregate, and have for years, begging and harassing people for cigarettes and money for more grog. I’ve sat there many times over years, the Small Park and outside the Markets South Brisbane and I have observed Aboriginal primary school children marching with their classes to Musgrave Park swimming pool or down to South Bank Museum and as they pass the Murri people drunk, pissing in the street, fighting over grog and carrying on, they turn their little heads and look down at the ground in shame and embarrassment. Terrible. And if one of the drunks call out in recognition you can see that poor kid just wishing the ground would open up and swallow them. Yet the many times that the police and others have tried to stop this behaviour there is always some misguided and out of touch individuals (AVI) there in support of them (the drunks) and this continuing saga. And Further encouraging them to continue in their drunken irresponsibility. And as role-models. As many of these people are parents and even grand-parents.
These shows on TV lately about other Black People and how they live. The people Living in the Slums of Lagos in Nigeria. The first one was how a Whole Society Lived in and on the City dump. How they Made Their Own Houses out of waste materials including Cardboard and Plastic. Not waiting for or expecting Other People to Do it For Them. How they Made a Living out of other poor People’s Rubbish. Working Hard all day just To feed Themselves and Their Families. Yet with a High Standard of Cleanliness, Honesty, Independence and above all, Optimism and Pride. Incredible Achievements and People. The next part where they lived on the land that they Reclaimed from swamps on the outskirts of the City. And the way they went about reclaiming the land themselves. No Government Handouts Grants or Funding !! No such thing as CDEP !! No Dole !! Amazing !! I have always observed Ade Kukoyi’s ( Maroochy Barambah’s Nigerian husband ) attitude towards Aboriginal People as one of contempt. Now I know where he’s coming from. And it makes me sad.
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