Following the torrents of criticism and downright disgust Channel Seven’s Sunrise received after an all-white panel discussed whether Australia needed a second Stolen Generation or not, the morning show will now have a three-person Indigenous panel to discuss child welfare.
Sunrise confirmed the news in a tweet tonight.
Tune in tomorrow for a special edition of Hot Topics, covering the issue of child welfare with three Indigenous panellists who are experts in their field.
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) March 19, 2018
NACCHO also confirmed the news on their twitter earlier today with the panel to include NACCHO CEO Pat Turner, Danila Dilba CEO Olga Havnen, and health researcher James Ward. NACCHO stands for National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.
Good news : @sunriseon7 have just advised us that the interview with our CEO Pat Turner , Olga Havnen CEO @DanilaDilba and James Ward @researchjames will now be on @sunriseon7 at 6.45 am EST TUESDAY responding to the Aboriginal child abuse / sexual health issue . pic.twitter.com/OdV0WDijfv
— Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands ❤️💛🖤 (@NACCHOAustralia) March 19, 2018
As you know, the original segment aired after assistant children’s minister David Gillespie proposed non-Indigenous families should be allowed to adopt Indigenous children in order to save them from neglect and assault. Gillespie had originally spoken to the Courier Mail who seemed to interchange the minister’s words of ‘non-Indigenous’ with ‘white’. Then Sunrise picked it up and this happened.
The day after the segment aired, protesters descended on Martin Place only to find their signs and chants were blocked by the morning show. Sunrise instead showed a pre-recorded viewing of Martin.
The segment will air tomorrow Tuesday at 6:45AM.
