ANALYSIS: Racist or just young and foolish? Are our wannabe politicians simply following their party's lead?
But the response from the captain, Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington, left party insiders frustrated.
"We've got to stop celebrating a culture that couldn't even invent the bloody wheel for God's sake," a teenager proclaimed — while Mr McGain smirked beside him.Instead, at her initial press conference, she delivered an almost robotic repetition of the well-rehearsed line"it's inappropriate and the party is taking action".Her handing of the situation left some in the party scratching their heads, with several insiders suggesting it showed a lack of leadership.
Less than a year out from the Queensland election, at a time when the LNP had been actively trying to shift its brand to proactive and positive, they were forced into defence-mode. Party insiders told the ABC a number of similar concerns about young LNP members had been previously forwarded up the chain and not acted on immediately."Sometimes, some young people don't always make the best judgements and that's true in many areas of the community," the spokesman said.
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