In short: A Hobart City councillor has denied accusations of racism after saying it was hypocritical of Tasmanian Aboriginal people to call for the removal of a controversial colonial-era statue, but accept "hospitals, antibiotics, schools" which "white man's arrival brought to Tasmania" A Hobart City councillor has denied accusations of racism after saying it was hypocritical of Tasmanian Aboriginal people …
Hobart City Council has voted to remove the statue of former Tasmanian premier William Crowther from a park in the centre of the city — but a historian says in the very same public space there are monuments to other men who did far worse deeds. Key points: Hobart City Council has voted 7-4 in favour of removing a statue …