As Sue Lines acknowledged the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people and paid respect to Elders past and present, Pauline Hanson interjected, yelling 'No, I won't and never will', before exiting the Senate chamber. Via NITV
Pauline Hanson has angrily left the Senate chamber during the opening Acknowledgement of Country after dismissing its validity.
She said if anyone needed acknowledgement it was"our people that have fought for this country. People who have sacrificed their lives". In a statement provide to SBS News, Ms Hanson's office said she will refuse to Acknowledge Country in the Senate"from this point forward."
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