The long battle for Indigenous equality
The long battle for Indigenous equality - Seven years ago the late Peter Symon, general secretary of the Communist Party of Australia, wrote: “People and organisations from all over the world wonder how so many Indigenous people in Australia continue to live in appalling Third World conditions in such a rich and prosperous society.” Matters have not improved since then. Recent studies have revealed that almost one in three children who contact homelessness agencies now are Indigenous, even though Indigenous children only represent 5.5 percent of the entire Australian child population.