Indigenous affairs minister says Dutton ‘unfit to be prime minister’ after he pledges not to display First Nations flags

Malarndirri McCarthy’s predecessor Linda Burney also shares scathing criticism of ‘man who walked out on the Apology to the Stolen Generations’

Peter Dutton has been accused of trying to start a culture war after he claimed the use of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags was “dividing” the country, pledging not to display the flags if he elected Australia’s next prime minister.

The Indigenous affairs minister, Malarndirri McCarthy, accused Dutton of seeking to “grab a few culture war headlines”.

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