If only we treated people as aunties / uncles / siblings / kids whose wellbeing is part of our own, instead of ‘others’ to be demonised.
Scapegoating can be good politics. As policy it harms all of us.
#AusPol #ResponsibleGovernance #community
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/may/08/the-children-of-is-linked-families-must-not-be-treated-as-extensions-of-their-parents-but-individuals-shaped-by-years-of-trauma-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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