Oh, it was so long ago, with George in Latin America (by our grid) and with Donnamarie in Chicago. I still remember the faces. Only the memories are left, and quickly fading. Fade gently, dear friends - George, Jack, et al . . . j'aime la vie yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate! in all, celebrate! -----Original Message----- From: via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: oe <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Sun, May 17, 2015 3:53 am Subject: OE Digest, Vol 38, Issue 12 Send OE mailing list submissions to oe@lists.wedgeblade.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to oe-request@lists.wedgeblade.net You can reach the person managing the list at oe-owner@lists.wedgeblade.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of OE digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Remote communities in Australia (frank bremner via OE) 2. Remote communities - again (frank bremner via OE) 3. Donnamarie West (Jack Gilles via OE) 4. Re: Remote communities in Australia (John P Cock via OE) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 13:19:38 +0930 From: frank bremner via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Dialogue ICA <oe@wedgeblade.net>, Dialogue OE <dialogue@wedgeblade.net> Subject: [Oe List ...] Remote communities in Australia Message-ID: <SNT152-W4185536AD2C908B19BE9B2A2C60@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Greetings. Especially if you spent any time in northern Western Australia, at Mowanjum and/or Oombulgurri in the 70s-80s. Tony Abbott, our PM referred to remote communities as having "made lifestyle choices". You can check out the rest of his comments. The WA government has been closing down many remote communities. Again you can check the details. On this past Monday the ABC's flagship current affairs program, Four Corners, showed a story called Remote Hope, about the above situation. I managed to find it on ABC iView, where it will be available into June. The address is as follows: http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/four-corners/NC15C Although there have been problems with violence, sexual harassment, paedophilia and so on, the government bodies involved have not looked at "underlying contradictions" (to use an old phrase). The comments made by some of the locals, and by some agencies, show more maturity and understanding than the state and federal governments. We, as ICA, may have made mistakes in these places - eg our secretiveness within our "revolutionary" mindset, and our claims to be the best thing since sliced bread - but it makes interesting viewing. Meanwhile "ice" is an increasing problem across (white, and not-so-remote) Australia. Recently a top-level meeting was held at Mount Gambier, a rural city, about this issue. Best wishes Frank Bremner