At long last, there is some acknowledgment from our elected leaders that remote aboriginal communities are in urgent need of support and help.
National debate rages over the form this is taking. At its worst it looks like a sledgehammer approach to communities that are already fragile and vulnerable. At its best it enacts a measure that is admittedly interventionist in preparation for longer term measures to assist sustainability, health, safety and security. Subtexts of political opportunism, hypocrisy in the wake of deafness to previous pleas and the shadows of paternalism abound.
So, in the light of my previous post’s reflection on Lee Camp’s offerings om “mere discipleship,” what role does Christ’s church have to play in all this. History gives us a mixed bag of inappropriate interventionism in aboriginal affairs and admirable service in the name of the Suffering Servant.
Wondering Pilgrim 
It sounds like a good statement – wish it also added the need to get rid of the grog, drugs and porn (all being sold to aboriginals by whites, presumably). And I’m concerned that aboriginal children who haven’y been abuised will be traumatised by medical inspection.
Dot
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Registration will begin April 4th. The camp will run from 9am-4pm. The other information you rtseeqeud will be on the registration forms. We hope to see your child in the Aquatic Robotics Camp!
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Good to see that our state office has posted the ACOSS letter in full on its blog. You can see it at http://chat2gethercocwa.blogspot.com
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