Indigenous people don’t suffer from the lack of a Voice, but the cycles of fatherlessness, violence, substance abuse and poor education that grips certain communities. The same tragic story plays out time and time again, but it can’t be solved by another political body or throwing more money at the problem. It’s past time for realism to supplant empty gestures

After what he had been through, the horror of war and the enduring grief of family tragedies, Dad could have played the victim, but I don't believe such a thought ever crossed his mind. It took me years to grasp the truth that I was blessed with one of the best. The pity is that there aren't more fathers like him