Liberal Senator James McGrath says “shame upon the Senate” after Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister Jacinta Price’s motion for a royal commission into Indigenous child sexual abuse was rejected. “It was shameful what happened in the Senate this week,” Mr McGrath told Sky News host Paul Murray.
Liberal Senator James McGrath says “shame upon the Senate” after Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister Jacinta Price’s motion for a royal commission into Indigenous child sexual abuse was rejected.He said CLP Senator Jacinta Price has long been an advocate for protecting the rights of Indigenous children.
“It just shows that Labor don’t actually understand what happened on Saturday – they don’t understand why the Australian people voted no. “The more that Labor go down this path of playing politics rather than coming up and supporting practical solutions, just shows they’re just going to end up in a very bad place and that could be opposition.”
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