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Feb 29, 2016 on the eve of launching nitvs fresh news and current affairs program, managing editor and host of the point, stan grant shares an extract from his new book talking to my country. As an aboriginal australian, stan grant has had to contend with his country s racist legacy all his life. Book cover for talking to my country by stan grant. About the book as uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history.
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