Indigenous leader Warren Mundine says the conversation around indigenous affairs needs to change.

Bill Shorten’s suggestion that “paternalistic know-it-all-whitefellas” are too keen to remove at-risk indigenous kids from their homes has got the Aboriginal advocate riled up on a number of fronts.

“The only paternalistic whitefella was him,” he says.  

“What gets me angry is we’re talking about kids. We had that two and four-year-old kid allegedly raped. That’s just unimaginable. For him to say the problem is whitefellas, he’s got no clue.”

“He needs to get educated in this space, because we’re dealing with some really dreadful situations.”

Mudine will be joining a NSW government advisory body tasked with overcoming indigenous disadvantage. He hopes to direct conversation away from tokenistic, virtue signalling debates around Australia Day and get back to what actually Advances aboriginal welfare.

“People can go on about Australia Day, but that’s not going to get people out of poverty. That’s not going to get people in the economy,” he says.

“We’ve got to stop talking crap. We’ve chucked the money out willy-nilly, this is what we’ve been doing for decades.”

“But it's not about how much you’re spending, it’s about what your outcome is. If you’re going to spend a dollar, I want to know what the outcome of that dollar is going to do.”

Indigenous leader Warren Mundine says the conversation around indigenous affairs needs to change.
Bill Shorten&rsquo;s suggestion that &ldquo;paternalistic know-it-all-whitefellas&rdquo; are too keen to remove at-risk indigenous kids from their homes has got the Aboriginal advocate riled up on a number of fronts.
&ldquo;The only paternalistic whitefella was him,&rdquo; he says.&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;What gets me angry is we&rsquo;re talking about kids. We had that two and four-year-old kid allegedly raped. That&rsquo;s just unimaginable. For him to say the problem is whitefellas, he&rsquo;s got no clue.&rdquo;
&ldquo;He needs to get educated in this space, because we&rsquo;re dealing with some really dreadful situations.&rdquo;
Mudine will be joining a NSW government advisory body tasked with overcoming indigenous disadvantage. He hopes to direct conversation away from tokenistic, virtue signalling debates around Australia Day and get back to what actually Advances aboriginal welfare.
&ldquo;People can go on about Australia Day, but that&rsquo;s not going to get people out of poverty. That&rsquo;s not going to get people in the economy,&rdquo; he says.
&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to stop talking crap. We&rsquo;ve chucked the money out willy-nilly, this is what we&rsquo;ve been doing for decades.&rdquo;
&ldquo;But it's not about how much you&rsquo;re spending, it&rsquo;s about what your outcome is. If you&rsquo;re going to spend a dollar, I want to know what the outcome of that dollar is going to do.&rdquo;

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