12-15-2011, 11:27 PM
(12-15-2011, 09:45 PM)Sterling Wrote:(12-15-2011, 07:06 PM)aussiefriend Wrote: We have all sorts of problems with the indigenous populations here. They can't handle the alcohol. On their 'reservations' here they are completely banned from having alcohol.
The majority live in the Northern Territory or in rural areas.
Was this denial of alcohol to the Aboriginals, on their land, by the Crown, the white colonists -or- by their own volition?
I think its to keep law and order. As in the past they would get their money on their pension day and spend it all on alcohol and their was rape, child molestation and domestic violence. It was after generations of lawlessness. Also, when you set foot on these reserves the 'no alcohol' rule applies to all. It's not race specific. A Queensland minister years ago took a bottle of wine on the plane when she was visiting one, it got mentioned in the media, and she got sacked. No one is above the law.