《澳大利亞人報》澳大利亞最著名的漫畫家受到抨擊

BBC News – A Bill Leak cartoon published in The Australian newspaper depicts an Aboriginal man who has forgotten his son's name. Indigenous groups said the cartoon was "ugly, insulting and embarrassing". But the paper's editor said the cartoon brought a "crucial issue" into the public domain.

BBC新聞 – 發表在《澳大利亞人報》上的比爾.利克的卡通畫描繪了一個忘記兒子名字的男人。土著人團體說，卡通畫“醜陋，侮辱人，令人難堪”。但該報編輯說，卡通畫把一個“緊要問題”帶入了公衆領域。

In the cartoon, a police officer is shown bringing an Indigenous child to his father, saying: "You'll have to sit down and talk to your son about personal responsibility." The father, who is barefoot and holding a beer can, asks: "What's his name then?"

畫中顯示一名警官把一個土著兒童帶到其父面前說：“你得坐下來跟你兒子談談個人責任的問題。”赤着腳，拿着個啤酒罐的父親問道：“那他叫什麼名字？”

The cartoon comes in the wake of debate about the Northern Territory's juvenile justice system and high incarceration rates among Indigenous youth. It appears to be a response to comments from Indigenous leader Noel Pearson, who said that Aboriginal people needed to take more responsibility for the behaviour of their children.

這幅卡通畫出現之前，剛剛發生過有關澳大利亞北方領地的少年司法制度和土著青年中高監禁率的辯論。卡通畫似乎是對土著領袖諾埃爾.皮爾遜的評論作出的迴應 – 皮爾遜說，土著人需要對他們孩子的行爲負起更多責任。

The SNAICC, a non-governmental group for Indigenous children and families, called the cartoon "disgusting, disrespectful, and hurtful", adding: "Those involved in publishing such a clearly racist cartoon should be ashamed and should issue a public apology to all Australians."

爲土著兒童和家庭服務的非政府組織“全國土著和島民兒童保育祕書處”（SNAICC）稱這幅卡通畫“討厭，無禮，傷人”，還說：“那些參與刊登這樣一幅種族歧視明顯的漫畫的報紙應當感到羞恥，應當對全體澳大利亞人作出公開道歉。”

The Australian newspaper typically takes a right-wing position on social affairs, favouring individual responsibility and free-market economics over government spending and intervention. But it dedicates substantial resources to Indigenous affairs.

《澳大利亞人報》通常在社會事務上採取右翼立場，偏向個人責任和自由市場經濟，而不是政府支出和干預。但它爲土著人事務奉獻了大量資源。

The newspaper's editor-in-chief, Paul Whittaker, stood by the cartoon, saying too many people skirted around issues in Indigenous affairs. "Bill Leak's confronting and insightful cartoons force people to examine the core issues in a way that sometimes reporting and analysis can fail to do," he said in a statement.

該報主編惠特克支持這幅卡通畫，說太多的人迴避土著人事務中的問題。“比爾.利克直面問題，富於洞察力的畫以一種報道和分析有時無法做到的方式促使人們去審視核心問題。”