Backlash as Australia PM pushes Aboriginal star in Senate
- Published: 23 Jan 2013 at 14.45
- Online news: Asia
Moves to ensure the election of the first Aboriginal woman to Australia's parliament met with a backlash Wednesday, with one politician saying Olympian Nova Peris would be a "maid" for the government.
Australian PM Julia Gillard (C) is pictured in Phnom Penh on November 19, 2012. Gillard's endorsement of the first Aboriginal woman to Australia's parliament met with a backlash Wednesday, with one politician saying Olympian Nova Peris would be a "maid" for the government.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has endorsed the gold medallist as her preferred Labor Party candidate for the federal Senate in the Northern Territory in national elections due this year.
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