Minister for Indigenous Australians Defends Blocking Aboriginal Flag in the Senate

Ken Wyatt is sworn in as Minister for Indigenous Australians by Australia's Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove during the swearing-in ceremony at Government House on May 29, 2019 in Canberra, Australia. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

The minister for Indigenous Australians has defended blocking a push to fly the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags in the Senate.

Three Indigenous senators moved a motion on Nov. 10 to coincide with NAIDOC Week to have them hoisted alongside the Australian flag in the upper house.