Government talks tough, but students actually do something. You can do something too: send a letter to your local politician today.

"If you are a pedophile, I am your enemy," he said in Parliament last November.

However, while the Premier talked tough, his government went to water when it came to responding to Breaking the Silence, a 300 page report on child abuse in Aboriginal communities.

Written by a task force headed by Aboriginal leader, Marcia Ella-Duncan, Breaking the Silence found that child abuse in Aboriginal communities had reached "epidemic proportions." According to Ms Ella-Duncan, the report paints a "stark picture of intergenerational abuse and social disadvantage."

You'd think given his recent declaration of war that Premier Iemma would be morally outraged enough to commit the resources needed to seriously tackle the problem. You'd be wrong.

Announced over the Christmas break, the Government's response to Breaking the Silence is a five year plan containing 88 sensible recommendations, but not a skerrick of additional funding to assist their implementation.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that three Ministers including Attorney General, Bob Debus argued for between $20 million and $40 million per year to fund the package. However, they were blocked by Treasurer, Michael Costa, who had earlier authorised $25 million to be paid to delay road closures associated with the opening of the Lane Cove tunnel until after the state election.

Premier Iemma's refusal to override his Treasurer will undoubtedly cost some Aboriginal children their lives over the coming years.

Contrast the callousness and cynicism of the Premier and Treasurer with the approach of a group of Indigenous Masters students from Southern Cross University in Northern New South Wales.

Inspired by their teacher, Australia's leading expert on child abuse in Aboriginal communities, Professor Judy Atkinson, the students are determined to do all they can to tackle the crisis.

What they lack in resources, the students make up for in persistence and moral courage as they organise STOMP IT, a concert to take place in Lismore this September.

The students explain that STOMP IT is their way of "bringing attention to and highlighting the plight of children who continue to suffer abuses of unimaginable proportions."

They want to force governments to act, but also to let abused children know that people from all ethnic groups in Australia care about their plight.

ANTaR recently funded a visit by two of the students to Sydney for meetings to help organise the concert. They will also share the ANTaR office space in Sydney so they can continue their work.

But the concert won't happen unless more people get behind it. If you or anyone you know can support the students and the Stomp It concert please contact the ANTaR National office.