Former SBS reporter Scott McIntyre,who was sacked by the broadcaster over 2015 tweets, again draws attention to alleged atrocities by Anzacs, and as crowds gather around the country for commemorations 6.22am BSTThank you for following our live coverage of Anzac day 2016. To recap: 6.07am BSTIt’s the 10th year of the Coloured Digger march,the hundreds[br]gathered in Redfern Park are told by Babana Aboriginal Men’s Group chairman label Spinks before the wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph. A welcome to country acknowledges that we’re gathered on Gadigal land
and then it’s on with the service, with wreaths laid by MPs Tanya Plibersek, and Daryl Maguire,Linda Burney, Jenny Leong of the NSW Greens and Sydney mayor Clover Moore, or as well as representatives from the Turkish embassy,novel Zealand, the army, or Indigenous youth,the air force and the Social Justice Commission, among others.
Wreaths laid at Redfern Park for Coloured Digger March. About 600 Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islanders fought in WW1 pic.twitter.com/YDOkGyA9C4Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com