A prominent Indigenous leader has accused Anthony Albanese of being a “fair-weather” friend after the Prime Minister appeared to backtrack on his commitment to establish a Makarrata Commission.
One of the key figures behind the Uluru Statement has accused Anthony Albanese of being a"fair-weather" friend to Indigenous Australians in a stunning rebuke of the Prime Minister.
Anthony Albanese has been described as a"fair weather" friend after he appeared to backtrack on his committment to establish a Makarrata Commission. Picture: Yothu Yindi Foundation/Nina Franova via NewsWire But on Sunday the Prime Minister appeared to backtrack on his earlier statements when he claimed Makarrata was simply a “Yolngu word” which meant “coming together after struggle”.
But Labor’s newly appointed Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy denied the government had changed its policy, insisting it remained committed to the Uluru Statement.
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