Post Stolen Generation Australia

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However Australia’s inclusion of minority groups is somewhat limited when talking about Native/Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginals have been oppressed ever since ‘White’ Australians settled in Australia. Aboriginals were oppressed up until the end of the ‘Stolen Generation’. The Stolen Generation occurred during a time when Australia tried to breed out the native population, forcing half cast children away from their parents to be educated in ‘White Etiquette’. However post stolen generation government policy has attempted to include more Native Australians within the main populace. Social welfare systems have a stronger benefit for Native Australians. Centrelink offers more dynamic social services, the Hex system offers a bonus points scheme

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