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Letters to the editor and short takes January 19 2021

By Letters to the Editor
Updated January 19 2021 - 10:10am, first published 10:00am

WE often exhort ourselves and others to walk a mile in others' shoes in order to understand and empathise, something that is often missing in our society. With Australia Day rapidly approaching, can we try to see from First Nations people point of view that celebrating their National Day on the day of the commencement of the occupation of their country by a foreign power is an inappropriate day to honour Australia?

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