Her comments follow intensifying debate over January 26 over the past few weeks. What we ve seen with all the discussions around the country and certainly the inappropriate and offensive commentary by members of government to First Nations people and organisations shows that there is a lack of leadership from the Prime Minister down, Senator McCarthy told NITV News.
Last week, Cricket Australia announced that they would remove the Australia Day branding from their January 26 matches.
The decision sparked Prime Minister Scott Morrison to say the day wasn t a particularly flash day for those on the First Fleet either.
This assertion was met with outrage - and eye-rolling - on social media.