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. *
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...