Australia Day: ABC reporter Edith Bevin slammed for talking during minute s silence
27 Jan, 2021 01:36 AM
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An extremely distressed Tasmanian has reportedly filed an official complaint with the Australian national broadcaster the ABC after a reporter interrupted the minute s silence at Hobart s Invasion Day rally to perform a live cross.
Edith Bevin was speaking to the camera, making remarks on how many people have turned up when she was confronted by a woman who repeatedly asked how dare you?
The reporter pushed through, even when a man, presumably the camera operator, tried to move the woman away.
Politics by Rebecca Le May
Premium Content  An ABC reporter has been lashed on social media for speaking during a minute s silence at an Invasion Day rally in Hobart. It s been interesting to see how many people have turned up to the rally. Behind me now, they re engaged in a minute s silence, Edith Bevin said. Obviously this is a day that marks what the Aboriginal community in Tasmania refer to as Invasion Day - the day (of) white settlement of Australia - and certainly there are a lot of placards about calling for that date to be changed, to be more inclusive.
As with Melbourne: wear a face mask and use hand sanitiser, don’t attend the rally if you feel unwell, and listen to what organisers tell you on the day.
Brisbane
Events in Meanjin/Brisbane kick off with a flag raising in Musgrave Park at 8am. The rally will gather in Queens Gardens, which is across the river, from 10am, and the march will depart at 11am. It is a family-friendly event, there will be food and entertainment at Musgrave Park after the march.
Organisers have declared the day a Covid-safe event and have requested people bring face masks and hand sanitiser. Anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms has been urged to stay home.