For many Aboriginal people, their lives are still controlled by government and various authorities, just like they were in the early days. The Racial Discrimination Act was suspended to enable the Northern Territory Emergency Response (aka “The Intervention”) to be enforced by the Liberal government, and the succeeding Labor government extended its implementation, in my opinion, to the detriment of those Aboriginal people and communities it affects. But all that is on a national level. Personally, I believe we are all connected by a common thread – some of us recognise this and others don’t. Some of us acknowledge that the pain of others is the distress of all, just as the happiness or contentment of others can be our own satisfaction.