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Taking down the Nicky Winmar statue points to a troubling double standard in our public spaces | Paul Daley

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Statue honouring the Noongar man’s stand against racism was swiftly removed – yet so many monuments to men who killed and dispossessed Aboriginal people still stand Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Divided opinion about the Western Australian government’s swift, unilateral removal of a statue honouring the former AFL player Nicky Winmar’s stand against racism in light of his domestic violence conviction highlights the potentially fraught nature of memorialising the li... Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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