Mark Moran is a professor at the University of Queensland and the author of a recent book “Serious Whitefella Stuff”, which analyses how Indigenous policy made so far away – in Canberra most of the time – applies to remote Aboriginal communities. Prof Moran has had years of experience working on the ground in many Aboriginal communities, but has a background in international development. He says an international developmental model should be a focus, rather than the service delivery approach common in Aboriginal policy.
The book delves into five communities – Kowanyama, Doomadgee, Mornington Island, Ali Curung and Mapoon. He demonstrates how in Aboriginal policy, solutions often become problems themselves – as each new programme “exacerbates the complexity of the social problem it seeks to solve”.
For more on the book please see the following link.
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