LNP to Scrap Aboriginal ‘Truth-Telling’ Inquiry, Sparking Criticism

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has announced the newly-elected Liberal-National Party (LNP) government “won’t be allowing” the state’s Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry to run planned next month. This comes despite the party initially supporting the Path to Treaty legislation in May last year. The Inquiry started in July and was legislated to run for three years. In the lead-up to the state election, Crisafulli said his government would not continue with the inquiry and, late last week, confirmed it would be scrapped, saying he didn’t want it to become a “divisive issue” like The Voice referendum. “We have made a decision; it is the right decision, and we stand by it, but I don’t want to cause angst to people,” he told reporters....