Australia crossed a great threshold of identity this week. The official estimate for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population was upgraded to almost one million.
Hawthorn, the most successful club of the 21st century so far, is accused of running a version of the Stolen Generations program between 2010 and 2016. The claims, made in a report to the club and revealed by the, contain stories which politicians and AFL officials alike describe as harrowing. The claim that jumped off the page, and was hardest to read, was that a coach allegedly suggested to one Indigenous player that his partner terminate her pregnancy.
At the 2021 census, 812,728 Australians were recorded as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, representing 3.2 per cent of the total population, or 3.4 per cent of the population where a country of birth was stated.
GMegalogenis You have to look at the game closely it’s been corrupted in every way possible and racism doesn’t belong in our game and when you can gamble on it well I’ll let you think about it