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Stan Grant calls out Australia for double standards on Q+A during discussion on sexual assault and the government
ABC journalist Stan Grant has used an appearance on Q+A to call out Australia for only taking notice of sexual assaults when they happen to “middle class” white women.
Key points:
- Sam Mostyn accused the Prime Minister of historically been keeping women down
- She also said she thinks the Prime Minister now “gets” the issue facing the government
- Stan Grant called on Australia to care more about the most vulnerable in Australia especially Indigenous women when it comes to assaults
Allegations of sexual assaults, misogyny and inappropriate behaviour in political circles have dominated the news for weeks.
But while Grant said those issues deserved national attention, he said the complaints of Indigenous women about the same issues had been ignored…
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