The Esperance shire president has taken aim at anonymous online trolls who he says are spreading racism throughout the local community.
The Esperance shire president says online trolls are spreading racism in the community.The Shire of Esperance council has entered a partnership agreement with the local native title Aboriginal corporation.
Comments seen by the ABC make false claims about the agreement; others are derogatory towards Aboriginal people.While many comments and posts have now been removed, Mr Chambers called for the administrators of community Facebook pages to act with greater urgency. Cr Chambers said the "good faith agreement" would help the two organisations collaborate on "mutually beneficial projects"."There's been some media out there, and some other comments … that it's trying to implement the Voice on a local scale.
Tjaltjraak chief executive Peter Bednall said he was surprised by some of the negativity surrounding the agreement.
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