Sug­gested that the go­vern­ment should apo­lo­gi­ze to in­di­ge­nous people af­fec­ted by the re­moval po­li­cy in­s­tead of cri­ti­ci­zing the film, poin­ting out that the film is pri­ma­ri­ly meant as a drama ra­ther than a his­to­ri­cal film.

Cri­ti­ci­zed the film's por­t­ra­yal of the tre­at­ment of in­di­ge­nous Aus­tra­li­ans, pu­bli­shing a leaflet and de­man­ding an apo­lo­gy from the film­ma­kers for what he per­cei­ved as mis­re­pre­sen­ta­ti­on.

At­ta­cked the film's his­to­ri­cal ac­cu­ra­cy, high­ligh­ting dif­fe­ren­ces bet­ween the film and Pil­king­ton Gari­ma­ra's novel, ques­ti­o­ning its au­then­ti­ci­ty and rai­sing con­cerns about mis­re­pre­sen­ta­ti­on.

Sta­ted that An­drew Bolt mis­quo­ted her, ex­pres­sing that while the film may de­vi­a­te from her novel, the main points re­main true, em­pha­si­zing the im­por­tance of rai­sing awa­re­ness about the tre­at­ment of Ab­ori­gi­nal people.