In 1997 I attended the Reconciliation Convention in Melbourne at which Aboriginal delegates famously turned their backs on Prime Miniature, John Howard. It was a potent insult that, at the time, seemed unprecedented. But it’s not – the most common perpetrators are town planners and developers.
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