Author Melissa Lucashenko and the ABC's new host of Late NIght Live, David Marr (Images: Private Media/AAP) ‘That was really fucking rude’ The ABC’s Laura Tingle is copping a lot of heat for her comments at Sydney Writers’ Festival over the weekend, but another interesting exchange set tongues wagging over the potato gems at the Old Clare Hotel, where authors stay. On Friday afternoon, the festival hosted award-winning authors Melissa Lucashenko and David Marr, both promoting their respective new releases, Edenglassie and Killing for Country: A Family Story . The session — titled “Colonial Truths” and hosted by The Australian’s Matthew Condon, reportedly went a little too close to home at a point.
After a robust conversation about reparations for First Nations peoples, Crikey’s spies told us Marr was visibly irritated, and allegedly later berated Lucashenko backstage with some choice words. Lucashenko, a Bundjalung woman, confirmed the pair had an argument, and claims the newly announced RN Late Night Live host swore at her, telling her that she had been “really fucking rude”. She also claims he told her “ad nauseam how generous he is with his money, apparently failing to distinguish between middle-class charity and negotiated compensation for attempted genocide.
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