*does a little dance for churches*

AUSTRALIA'S 43 Catholic bishops have attacked the unequal application of welfare payment restrictions to Aboriginal parents as racially discriminatory and counterproductive.

Cabinet's in-principle support for the plan to link welfare payments to school attendances and children's wellbeing for all Aborigines, but only for those non-indigenous families regarded by authorities as negligent, probably breached Australia's own laws and its international obligations, they said.

The bishops' criticisms form part of a rising tide of opposition to the detail of the Federal Government's emergency plan to crack down on child abuse in the Northern Territory. The Uniting Church, Wesley Mission and the National Council of Churches have also criticised it.

The bishops welcomed the Government's high priority to child abuse, but said much more than a "law and order response" was needed to address the "shameful state of affairs" in Aboriginal communities. Effective solutions could not simply be imposed from above and solutions to child poverty, child abuse and homelessness required long-term and adequate funding.

-SMH today

although i note that the UCA and Wesley Mission are treated as separate entities... hmmm...

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How do i stop the new firefox from auto spell checking everything i type online? it even underlines the word "firefox" with little red dots!