Moments in politics that shaped Australia
Australia's political history has been marked by transformative moments that have had enduring impacts, altering the nation permanently, and here are a few notable instances.
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00:09 Well may we say God save the Queen.
00:12 [Applause]
00:16 Because nothing will save the Governor-General.
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00:22 They had orders that nobody in the square be spared.
00:28 And children and young girls were slaughtered.
00:34 Anti-personnel carriers and tanks then ran backwards and forwards over the bodies of the slain.
00:43 We who did the dispossessing, we took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life.
00:52 We brought the diseases and the alcohol.
00:57 We committed the murders.
00:59 We took the children from their mothers.
01:02 [Applause]
01:04 It will add to the overall safety and good of the Australian community.
01:09 That is an element of turning around the culture in this country and that is the reason why the Government stayed in Sydney.
01:17 Sorry about that, but there is no other way, there is no other way to get the system down.
01:23 I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. I will not.
01:30 And the Government will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man.
01:36 Not now, not ever.
01:38 Because if he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn't need a motion in the House of Representatives, he needs a mirror.
01:48 you
01:50 you