The core issue here is exposed in the first sentence. This delusional patronising white guy actually presumed he had something to offer. He decided to “help” before he even arrived in the Territory.

The Director of Aboriginal Affairs in the NT in the 70s and 80s told me he got at least a dozen of these people per week, who had come to offer themselves to help “The Aborigines”. He would ask them what skill or knowledge they were bringing to the table and not one had anything of use to offer.

What was apparent was that being white was all the qualification they needed.

And it is very apparent from reading David Barton’s narrative that he had nothing to offer except his superior white skin. His observations could have been picked up from any NT pub of that era and, in fact, that’s probably where his views were formed. In my opinion, he understood nothing that was happening around him.

That is not to say much of what he said was not true. Ten thousand Territorians were saying the same. But David, like the 20% per year continueal rotation of plastic white ‘Territorians’ who also “knew”, never understood what he saw. It was inevitable that David, like them, misinterpreted everything.

Fortunately, while the white crazies, and the brown crazies, and the green crazies, are lining up for a stoush, the actual tribal people have put together an articulate and well-researched request that government make certain concessions that bear no resemblance to what Albo or the Zionist stirrers are ranting about.

This time, they can stay out of the loop and make trouble somewhere else.

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