Thursday 10 November 2022 10:53 PM Jacinta Price tells Penny Wong Australia does not need a First Nations ... trends now

Thursday 10 November 2022 10:53 PM Jacinta Price tells Penny Wong Australia does not need a First Nations ... trends now
Thursday 10 November 2022 10:53 PM Jacinta Price tells Penny Wong Australia does not need a First Nations ... trends now

Thursday 10 November 2022 10:53 PM Jacinta Price tells Penny Wong Australia does not need a First Nations ... trends now

Jacinta Price says Penny Wong's 'ideologically driven' plan to introduce a First Nations foreign ambassador will only cause further division Jacinta Price rejected plans to appoint a First Nations foreign ambassador Senator said as someone with Indigenous heritage she found the role 'divisive' She accused the government of concocting role as part of international PR stunt Foreign Affairs minister Penny Wong said the new role was about inclusion

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Senator Jacinta Price has called out plans to appoint a First Nations foreign ambassador, arguing the role will only cause further divisions.

In Senate Estimates on Thursday, Senator Price told Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong that she found the role 'divisive' as someone with Indigenous heritage.

She accused the Labor government of concocting the role as part of an international PR stunt amid the debate over the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Ms Wong vehemently denied the role would segregate First Nations people.

Senator Jacinta Price (pictured in September) has furiously rejected plans to appoint a First Nations foreign ambassador, arguing the role will only cause further divisions

Senator Jacinta Price (pictured in September) has furiously rejected plans to appoint a First Nations foreign ambassador, arguing the role will only cause further divisions

'I reject that. It's not about segregation. It's about inclusion. And a place in our international story that we have not told,' she said.

'I think in the world telling the full story of who we are is a good

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