From The Age, by Nassim Khadem, Canberra (Sep 26 ,2005)

INDIGENOUS people are being stripped of citizenship rights as a trade-off for such basic services as roads and schools under the Howard Government's new funding model, two Aboriginal leaders have warned.....

... One example of a shared responsibility agreement was the controversial Mulan hygiene pact. Under the pact, a remote West Australian community received petrol bowsers in return for increased face and hand-washing.

Professor Dodson (from Australia National University) said that under the new arrangements there was no transparency and the Government was not being held accountable... Read the complete article "Aborigines fear basic rights loss" (The Age).

Ber: I think this is very sad article. I left it up to you to make your own opinions. I just think everyone deserves a fair go in life, the question of citizenship should not come into the picture at all. IMHO.