Children as young as 10 are being made to write letters in school apologising to Indigenous Australians for \u2018taking their land\u2019, pictures reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The images taken by a parent were sent to One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson, who posted them online on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The letters, written by primary school children, were put together on pieces of paper shaped in the form of a megaphone with words referencing the nation\u2019s colonial past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018We are sorry for everything that we have done,\u2019 one letter reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another said: \u2018We are sorry to Aboriginals. We took your land and we have now we feel sad of what we have done.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Aboriginal people should have many more rights and should be treated nicely they should also be a aboriginal voice to parliament [sic]\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senator Hanson said teachers should \u2018hang their heads in shame\u2019 for psychologically burdening children with historical guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Under no circumstances should innocent children bear the guilt of historical events, especially events that occurred long before they were even conceived. \u2018This is not education; it\u2019s emotional manipulation,\u2019 she argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018What legacy are we leaving for future generations if we instil in them a sense of guilt and shame for things they had no part in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Rather than moving toward unity and social harmony, we are planting seeds for further discord and division.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It comes after a mother on Thursday revealed how her daughter was told by teachers at her school to \u2018go home and influence your parents to vote Yes\u2019 for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the date for the referendum, to be held on October 14, that will ask Australians to enshrine an Indigenous advisory body to Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum to succeed, it needs a double majority, meaning the majority of Australians and the majority of states need to vote Yes, which polling shows is becoming an increasingly tough sell for Labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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