A Sydney MP’s request for a minute’s silence for Indigenous Australians on Australia Day has been countered by Alice Springs councillor Jacinta Price, who suggested that the day could instead provide a time for forgiveness and healing. “Why don’t we use the morning of Australia Day to … forgive?” Price told 2GB radio on Tuesday. “Why don’t we complete the act of healing and use forgiveness to move forward? As far as I’m concerned that hasn’t been achieved yet.” Price, a Walpiri woman and the Centre for Independent Studies’ Indigenous program director, was responding to questions about Independent MP Zali Steggall’s letter sent to mayors in her Sydney electorate. Steggall asked them to observe a minute’s silence on Australia Day to honour Indigenous Australians who may carry a feeling of loss and hurt about Australia’s early settlement by British colonists. “January 26 provokes a range of emotions for many within our community,” Steggall …