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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan

After 41 years, controversial Christian crusader Fred Nile prepares to leave NSW parliament

Fred Nile
One conservative MP said Fred Nile’s retirement is coming ‘about seven years too late’. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

One of the final acts in the long, divisive career of the Rev Fred Nile may have been thwarted by an administrative error.

In the New South Wales upper house last week, Nile had been due to begin the debate on a bill he co-authored with the progressive MP Alex Greenwich to reform the protection of Indigenous culture and heritage.

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