Primary school students in remote areas are being turned away from taxpayer-funded charter flights because they are not Aboriginal.
Derek Lord, air traffic services reporting officer at Normanton Airport in north-west Queensland, said he regularly sees 20-seat government-chartered planes arriving with fewer than half the seats
先生说，他的两个儿子在汤斯维尔附近的一所宪章塔的一所学校里登机，不允许登上飞机，因为他们只能为原住民学生提供戒除计划的接受者。 Townsville and Cairns.
Mr Lord had offered to pay for seats on the Aboriginal-only charter flights, but the 'booking company that now does it, which is overseas, refused to allow our children to get on because they don't meet the criteria', he told 2GB's Ben Fordham.
'It's taxpayer funded and even if we were willing to pay, the plane is coming here – it's been paid for by everyone's taxes whether you're Indigenous or non-Indigenous, the kids are from the same town.
'And by the way, we're in the middle of a flood crisis and we couldn't get in or out.
'因此，除非我们自己或雷克斯（Rex），否则我无法将孩子带回家，而雷克斯（Rex）最多可以两到三周等待座位。 src =“ https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/06/24/24/02/99655877-14840533-IMAGE-IMAGE-M-26_1750727671685.JPG” Katter），说他的儿子最多需要六天的时间才能放学回家“ class =” class =“ blkborder img-share” style =“最大宽度：100％“ loading =“ lazy lazy” />
derek lord（正确，与Katter的澳大利亚党的Robbie Katters相提并论）
洛德先生说，半空飞行表明'系统被打破了。您会发现，许多非土著孩子和家庭与农村和偏远社区中的土著人具有相同的缺点。纳税人正在“挖”，而租赁飞机上的空座位则浪费了。
'我们有纳税人资助的学校租赁飞机飞向像诺曼顿（Normanton）这样的城镇，但仍然，当地的孩子还留在机场上，因为他们没有资格戒除，”他写道。
'我们将努力解决这个问题，并保持政府的两个级别，并将两个级别的政府负责。海峡岛民的学生和学徒。
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