It has been criticised that the federal government policy treats indigenous people as ‘problems to be solved’ rather than as active partners in creating a positive life vision for indigenous communities. It fosters a passive system of policy development and service delivery, while at the same time the government is criticizing indigenous peoples for being passive recipients of government services. Thhe new arrangements are a top-down imposition with policy set centrally and unilaterally by government and then applied to indigenous people without engaging indigenous people who are really affected. There is also a lack of implementation of the commitments made by the government. Even though government was increasingly emphasizing the importance of increasing access to mainstream services for indigenous people, it had made little progress in achieving …show more content…
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