SIX YEARS TO CREATE, TWO DAYS TO DISMANTLE. WHAT HAPPENS NOW QUEENSLAND’S INDIGENOUS TRUTH-TELLING INQUIRY HAS BEEN SCRAPPED?
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✍️ The Queensland government has abruptly scrapped a landmark inquiry into the effects of colonization on Indigenous Australians, just five months after it began.
👉 The Queensland government has scrapped a landmark inquiry into the effects of colonization on Indigenous Australians 👉 The inquiry was established to investigate the effects of colonization and provide a roadmap towards a healed and reconciled Queensland 👉 The government's decision has been met with widespread criticism and disappointment from Indigenous leaders and communities 👉 The inquiry's chair, Joshua Creamer, had planned to dedicate the next three years of his life to the inquiry, but was notified of its cancellation via email 👉 The government's handling of the situation has been criticized for being disrespectful and lacking in protocol
-- #FionaSimpson #JoshuaCreamer #MickGooda #DavidCrisafulli #DaleRuska #VondaMalone #Queensland #TorresStrait #ThursdayIsland #Cairns #Minjerribah(NorthStradbrokeIsland) #politics
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