TY - BOOK AU - Moran,Mark AU - Pearson,Noel TI - Serious whitefella stuff: when solutions became the problem in Indigenous affairs SN - 9780522868296 U1 - 305.89915 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Carlton, Victoria PB - Melbourne University Press KW - Aboriginal Australians KW - Anecdotes KW - Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Government relations KW - Social conditions KW - 21st century KW - Social life and customs N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-222); 1. The more things change -- 2. Prohibiting alcohol in Kowanyama -- 3. Moving to outstations at Doomadgee -- 4. Revving culture on Mornington Island -- 5. Sharing responsibility at Ali Curung -- 6. Planning the return to Mapoon -- 7. Owning a home in Mapoon -- 8. Why practice triumphs over policy in Indigenous affairs N2 - How does Indigenous policy signed off in Canberra work - or not - when implemented in remote Aboriginal communities? Mark Moran, Alyson Wright and Paul Memmott have extensive on-the-ground experience in this area of ongoing challenge. What, they ask, is the right balance between respecting local traditions and making significant improvement in the areas of alcohol consumption, home ownership and revitalising cultural practices? Moran, Wright and Memmott have spent years dealing with these pressing issues. Serious Whitefella Stuff tells their side of this complex Australian story ER -