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VIOLENT PROTESTS WON’T SOLVE ISSUES OF CONCERN
January 30, 2012
The irony of targeting Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to highlight concerns over the treatment of Aboriginals was undoubtedly lost on the many ‘professional protestors’ who participated in the shameful Australia Day scenes in Canberra.
Mr Abbott is one of the few Federal MPs who has shown a personal commitment to improving the lives of indigenous people and has regularly travelled to remote locations to work alongside community leaders on projects that have made a practical difference.
If the protestors thought they could boost community support for their cause by threatening our nation’s senior political leaders, they were sadly mistaken. Their actions on Australia Day, followed by the burning of the Australian flag, will have disappointed and angered many Australians.
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