澳總理因指摘原住民生活方式而招致批評大綱

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is coming under criticism after he lamented what he called the "lifestyle choices" of the country's remote indigenous community.

Mr. Abbott made the comments Tuesday in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in which he defended his plan to shut down up to 150 Aboriginal communities.

The conservative prime minister said that if people wanted to live in remote locations, as many Aborigines do, "there's a limit to what you.can expect the state to do for you."

"What we can't do is endlessly subsidize lifestyle choices if those lifestyle choices are not conducive to the kind of full participation in Australian society that everyone should have," he said.

The comments drew a sharp rebuke from many Australian politicians and analysts, including Warren Mundine, the prime minister's own chief adviser on Aboriginal affairs.

"It is not about a lifestyle, it is not like retiring and moving for a sea change, it is about thousands of years connection, their religious beliefs and the essence of who they are," Mundine told local media.

Australia's Aboriginal population, which has lived on the continent for at least 40,000 years, is severely disadvantaged in comparison to the rest of the country's citizens.澳大利亞總理阿博特對偏遠地區原住民社區“選擇的生活方式”表示了哀嘆。他因此而受到批評。

阿博特星期二在接受澳大利亞廣播公司採訪時，爲他制定的關閉150個原住民社區的計劃進行辯解。

持保守立場的阿博特說，如果人們像很多原住民那樣，願意住在偏遠地區，那麼國家能爲他們提供的幫助就是有限的。

阿博特說，如果這些生活方式無助於全面融入澳大利亞社會，國家也就不能無限度地爲選擇這些生活方式的人們提供補助。

阿博特的這番話招致很多澳大利亞政界人士和分析人士的尖銳反駁，其中包括阿博特的原住民事務首席顧問蒙戴尼。

蒙戴尼對當地媒體說，這不是生活方式，不像退休並期待翻天覆地的變化。而是事關數千年的傳統、宗教信仰和原住民的本質。

澳大利亞原住民在澳洲已經生活了至少4萬年。與澳大利亞其他居民相比，原住民的生活環境非常艱苦。