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09-07-2016, 07:32 AM
'Racist' cartoon gets Charlie Hebdo comparison by Aussie Press Council
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The Australian Press Council has declined to rule on a recent cartoon in The Australian newspaper that many dubbed as racist and offensive.*
Illustrator Bill Leak contributed the cartoon after details of the "torture" of juvenile Indige**us prisoners (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/don-dale-viral-image/) at Don Dale Detention Facility (http://mashable.com/2016/07/25/juveniles-tear-gassed-australian-prison/) was exposed via leaked security footage. The cartoon seemed to many to suggest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers don't k**w they're own children and it received condemnation (http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/we-asked-some-artists-to-respond-to-bill-leaks-racist-cartoon%20) for upholding racist stereotypes. *
SEE ALSO: Twitter reacts to 'racist' political cartoon in Australian newspaper (http://mashable.com/2016/08/03/racist-cartoon-in-australian-paper/)
Despite receiving over 700 complaints, which the Australian Press Council chair, David Weisbrot, said were "mainly from individuals but also from leading Indige**us groups and peak associations," the organisation decided to take ** action.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/bill-leak-racist-cartoon-press-council/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The Australian Press Council has declined to rule on a recent cartoon in The Australian newspaper that many dubbed as racist and offensive.*
Illustrator Bill Leak contributed the cartoon after details of the "torture" of juvenile Indige**us prisoners (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/don-dale-viral-image/) at Don Dale Detention Facility (http://mashable.com/2016/07/25/juveniles-tear-gassed-australian-prison/) was exposed via leaked security footage. The cartoon seemed to many to suggest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers don't k**w they're own children and it received condemnation (http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/we-asked-some-artists-to-respond-to-bill-leaks-racist-cartoon%20) for upholding racist stereotypes. *
SEE ALSO: Twitter reacts to 'racist' political cartoon in Australian newspaper (http://mashable.com/2016/08/03/racist-cartoon-in-australian-paper/)
Despite receiving over 700 complaints, which the Australian Press Council chair, David Weisbrot, said were "mainly from individuals but also from leading Indige**us groups and peak associations," the organisation decided to take ** action.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/bill-leak-racist-cartoon-press-council/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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