The finance minister had harsh words for Australians who took part in Saturday's anti-racism protests.
were"incredibly self-indulgent".
"I think it is incredibly selfish, it is incredibly self-indulgent, and yes it does impose unnecessary and unacceptable risks on to the community." "I don't feel like I'm in a position to say to Indigenous Australians ... that this is a selfish and indulgent act," he told ABC television's Insiders program.The marches came on a day when just two new COVID-19 cases were reported in Queensland and Western Australia and the nation's two largest states, NSW and Victoria, drew a blank sheet.More than 5,000 people packed Victoria Square in Adelaide, where police praised the organisers.
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