Australian PM Criticised for ‘Cringy’ Press Conference With NBA Star Shaquille O'Neal

Australian PM Criticised for ‘Cringy’ Press Conference With NBA Star Shaquille O'Neal
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney and former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal exchange gifts before a press conference in Sydney, Aug. 27, 2022. AAP Image/Pool/Flavio Brancaleone
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been criticised by Indigenous members of the centre-right Coalition and left-wing Greens for involving NBA star Shaquille O'Neal in the government’s efforts to implement the “Indigenous Voice” to Parliament.

Jacinda Nampijinpa Price, conservative-leaning Country Liberal Party senator, and Lidia Thorpe, the Greens spokesperson for First Nations, delivered a strong rebuke of Albanese’s actions.

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