The occupation of Australia involved systematic violence of which there is very little record. In effect it was a 'dirty war', an undeclared, secret and illegal war in the style of the European colonial invasions in many countries around the world in the previous centuries.
      Today it is well known that in the times of the Mowla Bluff massacre the politicians in government in Australia, and in many other countries as well, actively suppressed information about the brutal force needed to maintain the semblance of respectability which governemnts demand and which underlines their authority. Things have not changed too much, and politicians are still misleading people about "what really goes on". An example in Western Australia is the promise, and constitutional guarantee, of 1% of Western Australia's state revenue to be devoted to the welfare of the Aboriginal people of the state.
      To quote from the 7.30 Report on ABC TV on the 4th of August, 2000, "As a condition for self-rule in the colony, the British Government insisted that once public revenue in WA exceeded 500,000 pounds, 1 per cent was to be dedicated to 'the welfare of the Aboriginal natives' under Section 70 of the Constitution. Over the years, several acts of parliament have been passed to repeal Section 70, but seven years ago a group of Elders from the Pilbara launched a claim that the State had never properly repealed the Section." Assisted by Don McCleod, this appeal had already been in preparation for many years before 1993 as the Elders and McCleod searched for a way to have it accepted before the courts.
      Eager for independence the West Australian government of 1897 agreed to this condition, but obviously never intended to honour it, as it was never paid and the new government, after independence was granted, immediately began searching for a way to repeal that part of their constitution. There have been many appeals against the repeal of Section 70 but all have failed.
     The corruption and complicity of politicians has led to the inhuman treatment of Aboriginal people in Australia and the denial of natural justice when better policies could have reduced many of the problems Aboriginal people suffer today. Now, as a result of these problems, the state and federal governments of Australia are threatening to close down many of the smaller remote communities as part of their "Intervention" strategy. Jarlmadangah is one of those smaller remote communities and its future is under a cloud once again as politicians make dishonest deals and unwise decisions and continue to try to find policies to deal with Aboriginal welfare while denying the truths of the past and continuing their time-honoured practice of misleading without exactly lying, and denying natural justice without exactly breaking the law.