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"Queensland’s Labor opposition claims the state’s public servants have been
issued a “strict directive” not to include acknowledgments of country in email
signatures.
The shadow minister for reconciliation, Leeanne Enoch, tabled a partly redacted
document in question time on Thursday which reads: “Departments are no longer
permitted to add additional departmental branding elements such as the First
Nations acknowledgement.”
Enoch said the document was sent by a whistleblower within a government
department, and prohibited modifying standard signature blocks in any way.
Enoch is one of two Indigenous members of parliament, both of them Labor MPs.
She said the decision was “an insult to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people”.
“Under this Crisafulli LNP government we’ve seen a systematic attempt to erase
Aboriginal and Torres Strait people from all aspects of government life. And
this is just another attempt at doing that,” Enoch said on Thursday.
“What happens if you are an Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander person
working in a department? Are you not allowed to follow your own cultural
protocols?”
Fiona Simpson, the minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
partnerships, denied that the government had “issued a directive to departments
prohibiting a First Nations acknowledgment in email signatures”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
