![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What is vexing is that through all the heat of debate, for all the claims and counterclaims, the only ones having their reputations tarnished, careers damaged and division sowed is within the Indigenous community. And Professor's Pascoe's academic credentials have been targeted relentlessly by his critics. Sections of the Indigenous community have fractured after having to take sides over the claims of ancestry. The fallout from the controversy has been harshly felt by Ms Cashman, who has clashed with her former mentor, academic Marcia Langton, and sacked from a high-powered group advising on creating an Aboriginal "voice" to parliament. The AFP soon dismissed the claims, but that has not stopped some conservative commentators also taking aim at Professor Pascoe, doubting his claim to an Indigenous past and raising questions about the veracity of his book. A complaint about his claims to being Aboriginal was referred to the Australian Federal Police after Indigenous businesswoman and lawyer Josephine Cashman wrote to Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, accusing Professor Pascoe of “dishonesty offences” for benefiting financially from grants and awards given to Aboriginal people. ![]()
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