Sir Robert Menzies was, of course, not infallible.
But he was right in his strong belief that while everything should be done to improve the welfare of the Aboriginal people, it would be a serious mistake to endow Canberra with direct power over aboriginal affairs.
Menzies knew in his bones that the result would be the creation of a ‘bureaucratic monstrosity’, something fulfilled not only by Atsic but by the current horrendous mismanagement of Aboriginal affairs roundly condemned by one of the greatest Aboriginal leaders to emerge, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.
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