ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL THE HONOURABLE SIR PETER COSGROVE AK MC (RETD) ON THE OCCASION OF GALLIPOLI PENINSULAR, TURKEY 7 AUGUST 2015 Australians are ordinary people, with all the frailties and vulnerabilities of our kind. Yet we gather across this commemorative period, 100 years on from World War I to reflect on a remarkable period in modern world history which affected the whole world and not least our nation Australia, in such a dramatic way that we still struggle to understand it. We do know that it called for the most extraordinary efforts from our forbears. Many lie here on Turkish soil. (more…)
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Booing of Aborigine Adam Goodes — accompanied by racial slurs and epithets — labelled ‘shameful moment in AFL history’
By Jill Fraser
MELBOURNE
An indigenous footballer is at the heart of a nationwide racism furore after a campaign of unrelenting harassment that culminated last weekend in a torrent of abuse by fans of the opposing team.
Following the weekend’s events when prominent Aboriginal AFL player and former Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes was booed at every turn during the Swans v West Coast Eagles AFL match.
Today in advance of the weekend round of AFL, ATA Alliance joins the 150 organisations in their call for renewed efforts to stamp out racism in sport and everyday life.
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