How are the indigenous Aboriginal people treated in Australia?

I'm adding to what Tracey Bryan has summarised quite well. To be very succinct, the situation of Aboriginal people in Australia is dire, with lots of areas in crisis (e.g. suicide, health, prison rates). read more

To be very succinct, the situation of Aboriginal people in Australia is dire, with lots of areas in crisis (e.g. suicide, health, prison rates). It is also equally complex, and solutions need consultation with Aboriginal people and listening, both of which Australian governments of all colours have a hard time delivering. read more

Under the heading Treatment of Indigenous People, the guide proposes: "In the 1940s and 1950s the Australian Government policy on Aboriginal people changed to one of assimilation.This meant that the Indigenous people were told to live as the non-Indigenous population lived. read more

For example, black incarceration in Australia is greater than that of black people in apartheid South Africa. Indigenous people go to prison, are beaten up in custody and die in custody as a matter of routine. In despairing communities, children as young as 10 take their own lives. read more