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ABC says Laura Tingle's Sydney Writers' Festival comments did not meet editorial standards (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] Zane@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

This is the reason that the request for Truth Telling is a fundamental part of the Uluru Statement from the Heart; we need to accept the ill effects of our past on the Aboriginal population, and recognise that colonisation is still happening. Racism has a lot to do with both of those things and it can't be tiptoed around. Yes, it is difficult. Yes, it is absolutely necessary.