I’m sure Dutton has learned things since his failure of judgment in 2008. The question is how will he put his learning to use
Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAPPhotograph: Lukas Coch/AAPeter Dutton is sorry for not saying sorry. He wasn’t there when Kevin Rudd delivered the landmark apology to the stolen generations in the House of Representatives in 2008 because the ghost of Peter past boycotted the event.
For now, this question remains open. While Dutton searches for his answer, the anniversary forced a more extended reckoning with 2008. In the chamber, Dutton said he wanted to explain the past in an “unscripted” way. Dutton said he couldn’t say sorry back then because the ghost of Peter past possessed the mind of a cop – one of his pre-politics professions. He was haunted by images of domestic violence, and abused women and children.
If this is right, it’s strange that Dutton missed the survivors who wept in Canberra in 2008. They weren’t just in the chamber. Strange he missed Pat Dodson, a parliamentary colleague since 2016, and a First Nations leader for many years before that. Albanese reminded Australians on Monday that Dodson hid in the long grass as a young child to avoid being rounded up and removed with some of his peers.
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