Craig Foster

In a forceful speech, Foster said the nation had failed on indigenous and refugee rights and on climate change. “Our torture of innocent refugees, failures on ...

It’s insanity on every level - financially, humanitarian, global citizenry and reputationally.” The most vulnerable people on earth - refugees.” He referred to the “agonising” death of Iranian refugee Omid Masoumali, 23, who set himself on fire in Nauru in 2016, feeling “so traumatised, hopeless and broken”. it’s a stain that will live with us forever. “It’s a festering sore on the national psyche that manifests in dehumanisation and mistreatment of innocent people and ongoing indigenous disadvantage,” he said. “Our torture of innocent refugees, failures on indigenous rights and intransigence on global warming has twisted our own humanity,” the SBS broadcaster said in his address on Wednesday.