Alive and well on the outskirts of southwestern Sydney.
Camden Council’s decision may well be justified on planning and development grounds. The statements and actions attributed to the Pauline Hanson impersonator and other ‘concerned locals’ are not. And while the council members may be happy to publicly deny that discrimination or fear motivated their decision-making, did any of them tell the ignorant redneck component of their constituency that it shouldn’t be the basis for their opposition to the proposed school?
ELSEWHERE: Sarah observes that our local media pussyfoots around issues to do with Islamophobia.
UPDATE: More on this at Club Troppo as well.
