People die because they find living too painful.
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There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.
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Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand.
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Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.
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We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.
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Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions.
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Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.
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We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.
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Sorry Day falls on the eve of Reconciliation Week, giving us the chance to ask whether we are making progress in the wider challenge of reconciling Indigenous and other Australians.
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If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropriate channel for programmes to help the stolen generations, because many of them play little part in Indigenous associations.
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