A cartoon published in the Australian on The national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day caused hurt and humiliation for Aboriginal children and their families
The 4th of August should have been publicly celebrated as the National Aboriginal Children's Day.
On this day NSW Aboriginal Land Council had to make a formal complaint to the Australian Press Council following Bill Leak's cartoon published in one of the nation's biggest publications.
NSW ALC, Chair Roy Ah- See, said that the cartoon insulted and denigrated Aboriginal people.
He said that Bill Leaks cartoon based on the Royal Commission into the treatment of children in the Northern Territory Juvenile Justice System did not shed any light on the treatment of children in custody by Corrections staff.
Instead, the cartoon is an offensive depiction of First Nations peoples in the type of bigotry reminiscent of a bygone era.
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