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| ‘You can be a progressive and love your country: I do. You can cherish this nation and yet want to make it better,’ deputy Labor leader says | |
| Katharine Murphy Political editor | |
| Tue 21 Nov 2017 09.20 GMT | |
| Last modified on Tue 21 Nov 2017 09.22 GMT | |
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| Labor’s deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, says progressives can be patriots, and an intrinsic part of cherishing your nation is the desire to make it better. | Labor’s deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, says progressives can be patriots, and an intrinsic part of cherishing your nation is the desire to make it better. |
| Plibersek used the Wran lecture on Tuesday night to make the case for inclusive citizenship and to argue the cause of advancing rights must not be the preserve of “the already elite and powerful”. | Plibersek used the Wran lecture on Tuesday night to make the case for inclusive citizenship and to argue the cause of advancing rights must not be the preserve of “the already elite and powerful”. |
| “The hard right have long sought a monopoly privilege on Australian patriotism, but they’re wrong,” Plibersek said. “Indeed, the very act of seeking that monopoly shows just how wrong they are.” | “The hard right have long sought a monopoly privilege on Australian patriotism, but they’re wrong,” Plibersek said. “Indeed, the very act of seeking that monopoly shows just how wrong they are.” |
| “You can be a progressive and love your country: I do. You can cherish this nation and yet want to make it better: all of us in this room do. You can be proud of your citizenship and dedicated to progress”. | “You can be a progressive and love your country: I do. You can cherish this nation and yet want to make it better: all of us in this room do. You can be proud of your citizenship and dedicated to progress”. |
| Plibersek launched a blistering attack on the contemporary discussion of rights in Australia, citing the attorney-general, George Brandis, standing up for the rights of bigots during an attempt to overhaul racial discrimination law, and “an increasingly incoherent rejection of marriage equality”. | Plibersek launched a blistering attack on the contemporary discussion of rights in Australia, citing the attorney-general, George Brandis, standing up for the rights of bigots during an attempt to overhaul racial discrimination law, and “an increasingly incoherent rejection of marriage equality”. |
| She blasted the former Labor leader, Mark Latham, declaring “we have all grown weary – and perhaps even a little embarrassed – by Latham complaining to the few remaining people clicking on his Facebook page that his rights as a white, male with a generous taxpayer-funded pension, are apparently under constant and fierce attack”. | She blasted the former Labor leader, Mark Latham, declaring “we have all grown weary – and perhaps even a little embarrassed – by Latham complaining to the few remaining people clicking on his Facebook page that his rights as a white, male with a generous taxpayer-funded pension, are apparently under constant and fierce attack”. |
| Plibersek said while the rights discussion in Australia trod predictable paths, “real freedom of speech issues” barely rated a mention. | Plibersek said while the rights discussion in Australia trod predictable paths, “real freedom of speech issues” barely rated a mention. |
| “There are pressing rights issues in this country that should be addressed,” she said. “Surely the most fundamental right of all is the right to be free from violence and intimidation. Yet in this country one in four women has experienced violence at the hand of their current or former partner”. | “There are pressing rights issues in this country that should be addressed,” she said. “Surely the most fundamental right of all is the right to be free from violence and intimidation. Yet in this country one in four women has experienced violence at the hand of their current or former partner”. |
| “And where this country has the most work to do – where there is clearly unfinished business – is in addressing the rights of our First Nations’ peoples and their liberties”. | “And where this country has the most work to do – where there is clearly unfinished business – is in addressing the rights of our First Nations’ peoples and their liberties”. |
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