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Jacqui Lambie warns Tasmanian Indigenous elder to ‘watch his step’ Jacqui Lambie warns Tasmanian Indigenous elder to ‘watch his step’
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Jacqui Lambie has warned a Tasmanian Indigenous elder to “watch his step” when questioning the veracity of her recent identification as a woman with Aboriginal heritage.Jacqui Lambie has warned a Tasmanian Indigenous elder to “watch his step” when questioning the veracity of her recent identification as a woman with Aboriginal heritage.
The Palmer United party senator used her recent maiden speech to recount her familial links “over six generations to celebrated Aboriginal chieftain of the Tasmanian east coast, Mannalargenna”.The Palmer United party senator used her recent maiden speech to recount her familial links “over six generations to celebrated Aboriginal chieftain of the Tasmanian east coast, Mannalargenna”.
Lambie told the Senate she shared “blood, culture and history through my mother Sue Lambie’s family”.Lambie told the Senate she shared “blood, culture and history through my mother Sue Lambie’s family”.
But Lambie’s statement about her heritage has been questioned by the chairman of the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, Clyde Mansell.But Lambie’s statement about her heritage has been questioned by the chairman of the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, Clyde Mansell.
Mansell told the ABC: “I’m a 65-year-old man and I’ve lived all my life being Aboriginal, and for the greatest part of my life, I’ve done activities that allowed me to be looking at family trees of lots and lots of people, so it astounds me that Jacqui Lambie would make this claim.” Mansell told the ABC: “I’m a 65-year-old man and I’ve lived all my life being Aboriginal, and for the greatest part of my life I’ve done activities that allowed me to be looking at family trees of lots and lots of people, so it astounds me that Jacqui Lambie would make this claim.”
“That’s my family. And she’s not part of it.”“That’s my family. And she’s not part of it.”
Familial identification can be a fraught and highly charged issue in Indigenous communities given many families were disrupted and separated by paternalistic government and institutional interventions.Familial identification can be a fraught and highly charged issue in Indigenous communities given many families were disrupted and separated by paternalistic government and institutional interventions.
These policies had, and continue to have, devastating intergenerational consequences.These policies had, and continue to have, devastating intergenerational consequences.
But Lambie on Tuesday showed no inclination to cool the dispute, or back away from a public confrontation with Mansell.But Lambie on Tuesday showed no inclination to cool the dispute, or back away from a public confrontation with Mansell.
The PUP senator characterised Mansell’s remarks part of a “tribal war” in Tasmania, and warned him to “watch his step with me”.The PUP senator characterised Mansell’s remarks part of a “tribal war” in Tasmania, and warned him to “watch his step with me”.
Lambie said she was “very aware of my Indigenous heritage and I know who’s throwing the sticks and stones down there, and I’m not impressed”.Lambie said she was “very aware of my Indigenous heritage and I know who’s throwing the sticks and stones down there, and I’m not impressed”.