Lump in the throat, man.

[lizbee]

The first Indigenous Australian Member of Parliament wears a traditional kangaroo skin cloak as he delivers his maiden speech, in which he thanks Kevin Rudd for his apology to the Stolen Generation.

Especially noteworthy because Wyatt is a Liberal, and it's barely six months since Tony Abbott was taking a shot at the welcome to country ceremonies, which acknowledge that events take place on tribal lands. One presumes that, when Wyatt participated in Parliament's ceremony, Abbott didn't suggest he was doing it for money.

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[myniamh]

\o/ I like all the firsts that are going on now. *fingers crossed* that it doesn't stop now. I'd like there to be fifteenths of stuff soon.

Oh, thank ALL THE DEITIES that Abbott isn't PM. He's such a nasty piece of work.

[jaydeyn]

Awesome.

Oh Abbott, feel free fade very quickly into obscurity (and powerlessness).

:)
Jaydeyn

[fulselden]

Thirding the awesome.

Aaand I hadn't come across that particular FAIL on the part of Abbott before: yeech. You guys really did dodge a bullet. Whining about 'political correctness' is such an old fashioned way to be really offensive!

[lilacsigil]

Abbott seems to be a nasty little prick to his allies, too, so I'm not so sure he wouldn't say just the same thing. I was really hoping for exactly the kind of cross-party co-operation that Wyatt is showing here. Well, at least someone is doing it, if not the leadership.

[drakyndra]

Awesomely classy move, that. (By everyone except Tony Abbott, anyway).

[copracat]

Go you, Ken Wyatt.

Does Abbott have NO INTEGRITY AT ALL?

[lizbee]

Is that a trick question?

[copracat]

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking.