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Keeping Australia Day

The fabrication of Aboriginal history

20 January 2024

9:00 AM

20 January 2024

9:00 AM

Senator Jacinta Price astounded the nation during the recent referendum campaign when, courageously, she dared tell a journalist there were no ongoing negative impacts of colonisation.

The only continuing impacts, she said, were positive.

Pointing out that Aborigines have the same opportunities as other Australians, she said that constantly telling them they were victims was ‘the worst possible thing’ that can be done to any human being, creating the impression that ‘someone else’ was responsible for their lives.

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