Indigenous broadcaster Stan Grant has delivered an impassioned speech, describing his "pulsating rage" and "simmering resentment" about the way Aboriginal youths have been treated.
Key points:
- Stan Grant says royal commission should be replaced with a 'full reckoning of our nation's past'
- Broadcaster calls for a treaty with Indigenous Australians
- Grant says Australia should look to other nations on how to negotiate a treaty
In his own words, Grant intended to deliver a more "measured" speech but felt too strongly about the issue.
"I cannot give that speech tonight. That speech may have come from my head, but tonight I have to speak from my heart," he said.
Grant also called for a broader Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as well as a treaty with Indigenous Australians.
The Four Corners report contained graphic footage of prison guards stripping, assaulting and mistreating a teenage boy, who was one of six children tear-gassed at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin in 2014.
Grant admitted that critics who said he had given Australia too much credit were correct.
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