It is a matter of shame for the party hacks that he continued to be preselected afterwards, and it is a matter of shame that his constituents voted him back in too. The fact that there are adequate numbers of parliamentarians who consider such a man an acceptable candidate is a matter of shame. You can go as far away as you like, but the past always comes along for the ride.’ (p.255)Īs I write this, events in Canberra are drawing to a climax too, and it’s possible that by the time I publish this review, Australia might have a prime minister who boycotted the formal apology to Australia’s Stolen Generations in 2007. ‘Thing is, you run now, after last night, and it’ll haunt you forever. And he says these words that are a metaphor for unfinished business in Australian Indigenous affairs:
As Bundjalung woman Melissa Lucashenko’s latest novel Too Much Lip draws towards its climax, Black Superman counsels his sister not to abandon her family.
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