The Northern Territory's current Australian of the Year has used a keynote speech at the Garma Festival to call out 'racism in all its forms' across institutions including the media, the courts, police and government.
Ms Liddle, who also heads up the NT Government's Aboriginal Justice Unit, took aim at some media coverage of domestic and family violence in Aboriginal communities in her speech.
"It was [published] without providing an analysis of the underlying causes of the chaotic and horrific behaviour, alongside the implication that this is somehow unique to Aboriginal communities," she said. "I'm here to tell you that real racism includes racism in all its forms, especially systemic racism which operates within the architecture of society," she said.
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