The Indigenous Voice to Parliament activists are a “bunch of hypocrites” as they have achieved where they currently are in life “purely based on their abilities”, says One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson.
Her comments follow Linda Burney’s advocacy of the Voice to improve the “unacceptable outcomes” of Indigenous people despite Ms Burney already holding the position of federal Minister for Indigenous Australians.
“Then you’ve got to ask yourself the question – are they really there of their own abilities or is it tokenism?” Ms Hanson told Sky News Australia.
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