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Statement from the Heart is a gift to the nation, not a grab for power

There is something admirable about Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s full-throated support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Not so much its passion as its clarity.

  • Waleed Aly
  • The Sydney Morning Herald

Consider the language he used in a speech at the opening of parliament this week.

“The Uluru Statement from the Heart is a generous offer,” he said, before repeating the key word for effect.

“Generous. It’s a hand out, just saying please, hold it. Hold it. That’s all people are asking for.”

Here, Albanese is completely reframing what Malcolm Turnbull so badly misrepresented.

Turnbull, you’ll recall, described the Uluru statement’s most famous recommendation – the establishment of a…

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