Maybe I’m reading it wrong but they just seem to insinuate that it is common knowledge when I doubt most people would be aware of the issue. It just seems really off topic - I suppose it’s important but as far as I know that practice does not continue today.

Should we be trying to correct it by encouraging Indigenous Australians to have more children? It’s up to the individuals really but I don’t think it’s wise to encourage people to have children if it’s not economically sustainable for them just so we can feel satisfied that some past wrongdoings have been corrected. Personally, I don’t think we really need to increase our population size too much anyway, as we’re seeing now “baby booms” aren’t actually that good long term, when there is a massive ageing population in need of care. Simply put I think that quality of life is inversely proportional to population size.

I believe this is what they were referring to: theconversation.com/friday-essay-too-many-aborigi…