‘Sorry sign' spotted in front of Victorian school as National Reconciliation Week ends
Sky News host Caleb Bond comments on a 'sorry sign' spotted in front of a Victorian school.
This comes amid National Reconciliation Week.
'I think it's gone a little bit too far in this case, and I have no problem in saying that as a country, of course, we should all strive towards reconciliation,' Mr Bond said.
'The activists, of course, mean that we should divide people.
'They've taken it one step over the marker, I think, and have put a sign out the front of the school … which says 'sorry'.'
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