By Amy Remeikis
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Does Anthony Albanese, who called for an ‘investigation’ into how US police treated an Australian Seven News camera operator and journalist, believe Australia has the same issues when it comes to racism?
He tells the Nine Network:
Certainly, there are issues here but nothing like the United States. It is important that leaders seek to unite the nation. And I think here in Australia, if you compare with what’s going on in the US, I just look over there, I think about, there’s more than 100,000 former US citizens who have made Australia their home and I know that many of them will be worried about what’s occurring in their nation. It doesn’t look great to me.
It looks extremely troubling and a deeply divided society. And I just hope that this great democracy is able to unite and come together as soon as possible.
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