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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Andrew Messenger

HISTORICAL FACTS: Human rights commissioner blasts queensland government s hostile approach to first nations people | History Defined

Queensland human rights commissioner Scott McDougall
Queensland human rights commissioner Scott McDougall has urged the LNP to ‘radically reset its relationship’ with Indigenous communities. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

Queensland’s human rights commissioner has blasted the state government’s “hostile”, “assimilationist” approach to First Nations people in a speech at Parliament House.

Scott McDougall, Queensland’s first-ever human rights commissioner, has consistently criticised both sides of politics over a range of issues, particularly the state’s youth law and order crackdown. His seven-year term in the role comes to an end next month.

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