Germaine Greer: Anyone can be governor general in Australia - unless you're an Aborigine
                   
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The country may now have its first female head of state, but attitudes to its indigenous peoples are as ignorant as ever Six months ago Michael Jeffery, the then governor general of Australia, stuck for something to say about his female replacement, declared: "Anybody can be the governor general in [Australia] and that's what makes it such a great place" - as if the other 14 Commonwealth realms that pick a... [read full story]                    

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