Former PM Says Bid to Rename Electorate After Aboriginal Leader ‘Change by Stealth’

Former PM Says Bid to Rename Electorate After Aboriginal Leader ‘Change by Stealth’

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has criticised a proposal to rename the federal electorate of Franklin after Aboriginal leader Tongerlongeter, saying the change was an example of “change-by-stealth.” The proposal, which is also opposed by the Labor and Liberal parties, forms part of Tasmania’s federal electoral redistribution. It would see the electorate of Franklin renamed in honour of the Aboriginal leader who led the resistance against Brit…