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John Stratton

Jun 17, 2026

speaker_16UNKNOWN
12:35
Yes, it's gone.
12:38
And in that context, you get that shift from this idea of this white settler heritage that we should all be proud of to a more immediate Australia, an Australia that accepts African American music, and in that sense, an Australia that accepts Tina Turner.
Max FreedmanNARRATOR
16:18
It was being written into state curricula.
16:20
Bureaucrats are going like, "What can we do to get the kids interested in moving again, you know, and, and in dancing? Oh, right, you know, here's this song, so let's have a dance that will go with it."
Max FreedmanCORRESPONDENT
12:40
John Stratton is a professor of cultural studies at Adelaide University in South Australia.
12:44
What happens is the Labour Party gets in and you get a major political transformation.
12:52
Yes, yes.
12:56
And in that context, you get that shift from this idea of this white settler heritage that we should all be proud of to a more immediate Australia, an Australia that accepts African-American music.
13:13
And in that sense, an Australia that accepts Tina Turner.
Max FreedmanCORRESPONDENT
16:36
It was being
16:37
written into state curricula.
16:38
Bureaucrats are going like, what can we do to get the kids interested in moving again, you know, and in dancing? Oh, right.
speaker_17UNKNOWN
13:54
Yes, it's love.
13:57
And in that context, you get that shift from this idea of this white settler heritage that we should all be proud of to a more immediate Australia, an Australia that accepts African American music, and in that sense, an Australia that accepts Tina Turner.
Max FreedmanCORRESPONDENT
17:38
It was being written into state curricula.
17:40
Bureaucrats are going like, "What can we do to get the kids interested in moving again, you know, and, and in dancing? Oh, right.
17:50
You know, here's this song, so let's have a dance that will go with it."
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
13:54
Yes, it's love.
13:57
And in that context, you get that shift from this idea of this white settler heritage that we should all be proud of to a more immediate Australia, an Australia that accepts African American music, and in that sense, an Australia that accepts Tina Turner.
Max FreedmanCORRESPONDENT
17:38
It was being written into state curricula.
17:40
Bureaucrats are going like, "What can we do to get the kids interested in moving again, you know, and, and in dancing? Oh, right, you know, here's this song, so let's have a dance that will go with it."

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