A prominent Indigenous leader has called for an overhaul of the welfare system for Aboriginal Australians.
New data acquired by The Australian shows predominately Indigenous high schools in Western Australia’s Kimberley region have seen attendance slump to as low as 10 per cent in some cases.
He cited the results of the Cape York Welfare Reform Trial – which was axed in 2013 – as an example of the effectiveness of welfare denial on school attendance rates. Parents of children who have an issue with truancy were called before elders throughout the program. The money withheld from welfare payments was then administered on the family’s behalf by the commission.
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