Report of NSW Legislative Assembly Select Committee

First Report of NSW Legislative Assembly Select Committee: Extract. “Today the citizens of New South Wales live on aboriginal land in affluence while the Aborigines live in poverty. Aboriginal children die because of this. Elderly Aborigines are a rarity. Their housing is often sub-standard and overcrowded. Their unemployment rate is high, their health and educational standards low”. The report is instrumental in the development of the NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 and a number of other state government programs set up to help address Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander disadvantage. These include the NSW Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs.