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"We're hearing all these beautiful, heartfelt stories about how this is going to fix our lives. It's going to solve everything. We can't even do anything until after this referendum ... Meanwhile, children are being tortured in prisons."
Senator McCarthy conceded concern over the tenor of the debate, just moments after Pauline Hanson's comments.“I still urge all Australians to dig deep, to listen to the better side of yourself throughout this debate, and to keep it at a level that is respectful. The extensive 1997 Bringing Them Home Report found the removal of Indigenous children from their homes was a gross violation of human rights, with the descendants of taken children more likely to be jailed, suffer health issues, and less likely to find employment.
"This is the result of one of the most consultative processes in Australia's history ... Yes, if it isn't broken, don't fix it. But if it's broken, it requires fixing. This is an opportunity to fix it," he said.issued by Indigenous leaders in 2017. An update on Closing the Gap targets - tracking the gulf between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians on health, social and wellbeing metrics - released last week showed"It does bring about structural change, and it will move the dial on issues like close the gap," she said.
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