“We as Aboriginal people still have to fight to prove that we are straight out plain human beings, the same as everyone else. You know, I grew up, born on a government blanket under a palm tree. I lived under lantana bushes, I've seen more dinner times than I've seen dinners, I've known discrimination, I've known prejudice, I've known all of those things... but some of that is still with us... and it's got to be changed...”
![“There may not be a great job for [Aboriginal people] but whatever there is, they just have to do it, and if it’s picking up rubbish around the community, it just has to be done.” quote by Tony Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/313/tony-abbott-1939_aboriginal_there-may-not-be-a-great-job-for-aborigi_667929.jpg)
