Article 6W1Z7 Indigenous children police kicked out of regional NSW pool were ‘traumatised’ and discriminated against, parents say

Indigenous children police kicked out of regional NSW pool were ‘traumatised’ and discriminated against, parents say

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Ella Archibald-Binge
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Operator of the Inverell swimming pool said police were called on children who refused to cease antisocial behaviour'

A mother says her six-year-old daughter is traumatised" after she and other Aboriginal children were escorted from a country New South Wales pool by police after reports of antisocial behaviour".

Inverell Aquatic Centre has been accused of discrimination after police were called to evict several Aboriginal families from the facility in northern NSW on Sunday, prompting Amnesty International to call for an investigation into a potential violation of human rights".

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