Wyatt said he had consulted the advisory group co-chairs, Prof Marcia Langton and Prof Tom Calma, and decided Cashman’s membership of the group was no longer tenable. It is not our place to say.”It was also revealed that large sections of the letter published by Bolt were almost identical to parts of an academic paper published in 1995 and available online. Prof Marcia Langton, co-chair of the senior advisory group, told the Guardian: “I welcome the minister’s decision on this matter. “Ms Cashman created too many distractions to the very important work of the senior advisory group on the voice co-design. Bolt claimed the letter came to him from Cashman, and has published extracts from emails which he said showed Yumbulul was involved in drafting the letter.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2020 05:59 UTC