The Long Walk
Last year former Essendon champion footballer Michael Long walked from Melbourne to Canberra to visit little Johnnie and have a talk about the treatment of indigenous people in Australia. He, like many others, was upset at the sacking of ATSIC, the national body set up to negotiate on behalf of indigenous Australians and the government. The walk turned into an epic, as more and more people joined in so that in the end Johnnie had no choice but to receive Long and have a chat. This weekend Michael and others have issued an invitation to ordinary Australians to remember that walk with a smaller symbolic walk in Melbourne. Some have called this a reconciliation walk, others a sorry walk, Long simply says, Our neighbourhood communities at Foothills are hoping to go and join them this Sunday morning, 10.00 at Optus Oval in Carlton, wanna come for a walk?"This isn't about indigenous Australia and white Australia – this is about ALL Australia".
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