Sky News contributor Cory Bernardi says the Black Lives Matter movement in Australia has been imported by people who “care nothing for the actual problems” in indigenous communities and how they can be solved.
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He said the BLM movement will have you believe that if you are white “the problems in black communities are your fault simply because of your skin colour”. “I just think it’s time we stopped apologising for sins of the past that none of us are responsible for, and had a decent conversation about what’s really happening”. Image: Getty
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