Hanson Indigenous comments widely condemned<\/a><\/p>\n Politicians from across the divide have condemned Pauline Hanson’s remarks about Indigenous Australians, labelling them “vile”, “divisive” and “derogatory”.<\/p>\n In her first public remarks since, Senator Hanson said she did not mean to cause offence by the comments.<\/p>\n “If I’ve offended people by using that, yes, I will apologise for that,” she told reporters.<\/p>\n “I’ve always advocated, we are Australians all together and should be all treated equally on a needs basis, not about race. And until we actually do that, we’re not going to move over what’s happened in the past.”<\/p>\n On Monday, several Indigenous leaders expressed their “disappointment” over the “primitive” label, calling Senator Hanson’s claims not only “false” but demonstrating ignorance.<\/p>\n Indigenous author and human rights activist Thomas Mayo was among them, arguing that Senator Hanson’s view is not shared by Australians.<\/p>\n PM defends late mother<\/a><\/p>\n Anthony Albanese has fiercely defended his late mother against criticism by Pauline Hanson, who has been called on to apologise for her remarks.<\/p>\n “Many Australians have learnt that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples built sophisticated systems of law, governance, culture, trade, and land management over tens of thousands of years,” he said.<\/p>\n “We have survived invasion, dispossession and every attempt to erase us. We are still here and will always remain in the rich tapestry of Australian identity.”<\/p>\n Speaking to News24 earlier today, Senator Hanson claimed “[I] put my foot in my mouth” and that the comments about First Nations people were referring to the past, when Australia was colonised.<\/p>\n “If we go back at the time of settlement in Australia, they were primitive compared to what the settlers that came out here from England, that type of thing. But I’m not talking those terms now. It’s not about now,” Senator Hanson said.<\/p>\n “I regret saying that because I don’t want to upset people. That’s not my intention. That wasn’t my intention to hurt people.”<\/p>\n Calls for Hanson to apologise to PM<\/p>\n Senator Hanson was also asked if she regretted saying it was “not on” for Anthony Albanese’s mother Maryanne, who suffered from severe rheumatoid arthritis, to have spent much of her life in housing commission.<\/p>\n “I don’t think my comments were derogatory towards his mother at all. I was referring to house commission at that time. So if he’s taken offence to it, well, I’m sorry for that,” she said.<\/p>\n
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