Well done Ken Wyatt, first indigenous cabinet minister

[its free real estate]

Surprised there isn’t a thread.

A momentous occasion, equal of Neville Bonner being elected to the Senate as a member of the Liberal Party.

With this and the passage of same sex marriage, the Liberal government keeps hitting sixes for progressive politics.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Trolololol

 

[Kurve]

Surprised there isn’t a thread.

A momentous occasion, equal of Neville Bonner being elected to the Senate as a member of the Liberal Party.

With this and the passage of same sex marriage, the Liberal government keeps hitting sixes for progressive politics.

It's an improvement on Tony Abbott as Minister for Indigenous Affairs oh wait ... special envoy. What even is a special envoy?

 

[TimmeT]

Surprised there isn’t a thread.

A momentous occasion, equal of Neville Bonner being elected to the Senate as a member of the Liberal Party.

With this and the passage of same sex marriage, the Liberal government keeps hitting sixes for progressive politics.

apparently some are already complaining about his appointment.

 

[NSWCROW]

apparently some are already complaining about his appointment.

The nerve hey !

 

[its free real estate]

It's an improvement on Tony Abbott as Minister for Indigenous Affairs oh wait ... special envoy. What even is a special envoy?

something you send political threats away to do to keep them from meddling

 

[Kurve]

something you send political threats away to do to keep them from meddling

The outback isn't far enough for his particular style of meddling but then Antarctica might not even be far enough.

 

[HairyO]

It's an improvement on Tony Abbott as Minister for Indigenous Affairs oh wait ... special envoy. What even is a special envoy?

Recognises someone who has spent 30 years working in Aboriginal communities as opposed to city dwelling soy latte types who are only capable of potshotting others.

 

[Belnakor]

Surprised there isn’t a thread.

A momentous occasion, equal of Neville Bonner being elected to the Senate as a member of the Liberal Party.

With this and the passage of same sex marriage, the Liberal government keeps hitting sixes for progressive politics.

far more important and momentous imho. Ken got into parliament by himself, lower house. No favors were given to him he went through the normal preselection process, beat a labor candidate and people voted directly for him.

He then worked his way through the political game to make it into cabinet.

He is a good man Ken - great achievement.

 

[Caesar]

Someone was telling me that Ben Wyatt (WA Treasurer) is a cousin of his.

Ben is also the WA Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, which makes me wonder if two members of the same family have ever held the same portfolio at different levels of government before (for different parties, no less).

 

[Belnakor]

Someone was telling me that Ben Wyatt (WA Treasurer) is a cousin of his.

Ben is also the WA Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, which makes me wonder if two members of the same family have ever held the same portfolio at different levels of government before (for different parties, no less).

its kind of interesting because Ben should have really joined the liberals, and indeed his policies seem to be much more aligned with a liberal government.

 

[GoldenSky]

Surprised there isn’t a thread.

Well Labor had arrogantly briefed the media (especially WA media) for months that Pat Dodson (WA Senator) would be the first Indigenous Indigenous Affairs Minister, that it kind of lost its moment. Such a shame for Wyatt that arrogant Labor had to steal his thunder.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Someone was telling me that Ben Wyatt (WA Treasurer) is a cousin of his.

Ben is also the WA Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, which makes me wonder if two members of the same family have ever held the same portfolio at different levels of government before (for different parties, no less).

I understand that Ken Wyatt is a cousin of Ben's father, Cedric, who unsuccessfully ran for election in Kalgoorlie against Graeme Campbell in the 1996 federal election for the Liberal Party.

 

[its free real estate]

It’s crazy that Kalgoorlie was once a safe Labor seat. Unthinkable now.

 

[NSWCROW]

lol