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As netball tries to move on from its past failures, it should do more during its First Nations Round than just pay lip service

Proud Noongar woman Donnell Wallam (left) shoots the ball. (Getty Images: Glenn Hunt)

Over the next two weeks, Super Netball will celebrate its sixth First Nations Round, coinciding with National Reconciliation Week from May 27 to June 3.

The sport has a complicated relationship with First Nations culture, having been openly criticised in recent years for its treatment of Indigenous people, and although many would love to move on from its past failures and instead shift the focus to the positive progress that has been made, it would be remiss to only tell one side of the story.

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