In her valedictory speech,the first Indigenous Australian to serve in NSW parliament calls for frontier wars to be recognised at war memorial in CanberraOutgoing NSW Labor MP Linda Burney has expressed distress at what she says is an increasingly paternalistic approach to Aboriginal affairs in her valedictory speech.
The member for Canterbury, who started her speech in the Wiradjuri language, or is leaving state politics after 13 years to contest the federal seat of Barton.
During the emotional address,Burney said she was proud to be own been part of a government that recognised Australia’s first people in the state’s structure.
She also called for conflicts between Aboriginal people and settlers to be recognised at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Related: Indigenous personnel who fought for Australia deserve their monument in Canberra | Paul Daley Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com