As NAIDOC Week wraps up, the mayor of a regional city in Western Australia has refused to apologise for council missing the opening ceremony which was attended by State treasurer Ben Wyatt.Mayor John Bowler says he doesn't need to apologise for an oversight that led to the council's absenceFormer West Australian of the Year, Mark Bin Bakar, has called on the mayor to apologise
The incident made the front page of the local newspaper with Labor MP Kyle McGinn expressing disappointment after a moment during the celebration when the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder was called on stage and no one stepped up. City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder mayor John Bowler said it was "embarrassing" but felt strongly that an apology to the community was not necessary."What I'd normally do … I just flick that invitation through to my 12 councillors and ask them to attend.Kalgoorlie-Boulder mayor John Bowler says it was an embarrassing mistake but refused to apologise.
In addition to council supporting NAIDOC celebrations financially, Mr Bowler said he and other councillors did attend other events over the week."We've spent more than $20,000 helping NAIDOC."
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Great. Forget these racists.
Apologise or we'll hunt you down!
Good on him .
Fkn ABC.The biggest divisive haters in all media with TAXPAYERS MONEY..sad.
'You don't apologise for oversights,' he says. 'Yes you do,' says every other working person on the planet. Taking responsibility for such things is a basic part of being a professional in any field. Shame on Mayor Bowler.
'You don't apologise for an oversight'? When was that made a rule? Of course you do! Or is the unspoken rule that you don't apologise to an Aboriginal person? The steadfastly not apologising is telling.
Good call.
By using the term “refuses” instead of “doesn’t”, you correctly frame the mayor as being inherently racist Good journalisming as always And to think some people want to DefundTheAbc
So?
Hmmph!
Stop race baiting and segregation.
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