Kate Ellis (Adelaide, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Just this morning when I was going through the mail from my constituents I came across something that I believe is of great concern. One of the local residents in the Adelaide electorate wrote to me about his shock at watching the races and seeing that there is a horse named General Yamashito racing in Australia. My constituent wrote to me saying that he believed it to be a deep affront and that the name of the horse should be changed. General Yamashita was tried, convicted and hanged for war crimes during World War II as a Japanese general and I think that my constituent is not the only one that will be offended by this choice of name for the racehorse.

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