The Wire

In the run up to the Federal Election, there was little talk about Aboriginal affairs, except for some muted discussions about increasing funds for Aboriginal health. But with the election over, even that discussion seems to have gone on the back-burner. Jonathan Lucraft spoke to Koori writer and historian Gary Foley about the challenges now facing indigenous Australians in light of the abolition of ATSIC, and Christine Brown spoke to former Tiddas member Lou Bennet about her reaction to the election