Article 6ERTZ Burney decries ‘unbelievably racist and bullying’ treatment in candid remarks to NSW premier – as it happened

Burney decries ‘unbelievably racist and bullying’ treatment in candid remarks to NSW premier – as it happened

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Burney says Price's comments simply wrong'

Indigenous Australians minister Linda Burney also described Jacinta Price's comments as simply wrong".

It's a real betrayal to the many families that have experienced things like Stolen Generations.

The idea that colonisation in any country ... doesn't have long and far-reaching effects is simply wrong.

There are many people I've spoken to last night, this morning, that are very distressed and quite frankly, pretty disgusted. But I am going to focus on the goal here and that is a successful referendum.

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