Burney farewells parliament, calls for recognition of Aboriginal history

By James Robertson
Updated May 4 2016 - 9:13pm, first published 8:19pm
Outgoing NSW MP Linda Burney: Canberra-bound? Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Outgoing NSW MP Linda Burney: Canberra-bound? Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Linda Burney has used her farewell to state politics to call for national recognition for heavy Aboriginal losses in conflicts during white settlement and to criticise paternalistic indigenous affairs policies.