Race row rages on over Gurrumul hospital ordeal

Singer’s treatment in Darwin has cast spotlight on inequality experienced by northern Australia’s Indigenous peopleGeoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is a multi-award winning singer who has toured the world. He’s also a 46-year-old Yolngu man from Australia’s far north, a member of one the country’s most disadvantaged communities, and when he ended up in hospital recently his treatment sparked a hostile debate that has raged across the country.When Gurrumul turned up at the Royal Darwin hospi...

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