Amid a full day of tributes, the Indigenous Australians Minister said for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the legacy of the British Crown remains “fraught”.
Amid a full day of parliamentary tributes to the late monarch, the Indigenous Australians Minister said for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the legacy of the British Crown remains “fraught”.
Ms Burney said the Queen’s relationship with Indigenous Australians showed how far the country had come, but how far it had to go on the reconciliation journey, recalling Yorta Yorta people being hidden from view when the 1954 royal tour reached Shepparton, Victoria.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was possible to admire the late Queen and remain a republican. “I admire King Charles’s passion and his commitment to the natural environment and sustainability. At the dawn of his reign, we wish His Majesty well.” He quoted her words from 1957, when she said trouble is caused by unthinking people “who carelessly throw away ageless ideals as if they were old and outworn machinery”.“They would have religion thrown aside, morality in personal and public life made meaningless, honesty counted as foolishness and self-interest set up in place of self-restraint,” he said, quoting the Queen from 1990.
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