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Writing Racism into the Constitution
Anthony Albanese’s first act as Prime Minister was to significantly replace two of the three Australian flags in Parliament’s House media Blue Room and replace them with the Aboriginal Flag and Torres Strait Islander ensign. Significantly, the Aboriginal Flag was in the center, with the Australian flag off to one side. Mr Albanese then opened proceedings with the following commitment:
I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on we meet. I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. And on behalf of the Australian Labor Party, I commit to the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full.
Significantly, denominational leaders in Australia such as Kanishka Raffel, the Anglican Archbishop in Sydney, and Peter Comensoli, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, have also written in glowing support of The Uluru Statement from the Heart (TUSH). Even Pope Francis has thrown his ecclesiastical weight behind it. I suspect they are thinking more with…
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