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Federation Council to remove Indigenous flags from chamber (www.abc.net.au)

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She had anticipated criticism but said she was surprised by the level of insults received.

"Whilst I did expect some fallout, and it'd be very silly of me not to, what I didn't expect … was the extreme vitriol from some … of the activists," she said.

"The verbal and written intimidation to me personally told me I was a disgusting person, that I should resign, that I should leave the country, I'm a racist, I'm a bigot, I'm a neo-Nazi — none of which … are true."

That sounds familiar 😶

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

"If 78 per cent of the 884 submissions say they want to keep the flags up, how was that not enough consultation?"