'Racist' cartoon gets Charlie Hebdo comparison by Aussie Press Council
 

'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 at Don Dale Detention Facility 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 for upholding racist stereotypes. *

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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...

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