Starvation in Australia: Utopia's dirty secret
According to the Credit Suisse Global Wealth report, Australia is the
richest place on earth. Politicians in Canberra are among the wealthiest
citizens; they like to hang Indigenous
art on the white walls of their offices in the bleakly modern Parliament
House. Their self-endowment is legendary. The Labor Party's last
minister for indigenous affairs, Jenny Macklin, refurbished her office
at a cost to the taxpayer of $331,144. During her tenure, the number of
Aboriginal people living in slums increased by almost a third...
