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  • L/NP,
  • Western Australia,
  • Detractors,
• 24/4/25

Luke Simpkins

Mr Simpkins boycotted the Apology. In a newspaper interview, Mr Simpkins reportedly “warned that now the Federal Government had officially said sorry, many indigenous people would use that as an excuse whenever they failed at something.” (The West Australian, 14 February 2008)

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