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Jacqui Lambie ready to take DNA test to prove she is Indigenous Jacqui Lambie ready to take DNA test to prove she is Indigenous
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The Palmer United party senator Jacqui Lambie says she is prepared to take a DNA test to prove her Indigenous heritage.The Palmer United party senator Jacqui Lambie says she is prepared to take a DNA test to prove her Indigenous heritage.
Lambie last week warned a Tasmanian Indigenous elder to “watch his step” after he questioned the veracity of her heritage.Lambie last week warned a Tasmanian Indigenous elder to “watch his step” after he questioned the veracity of her heritage.
In her recent maiden speech to parliament, the Tasmanian senator told of her links “over six generations to celebrated Aboriginal chieftain of the Tasmanian east coast, Mannalargenna”.In her recent maiden speech to parliament, the Tasmanian senator told of her links “over six generations to celebrated Aboriginal chieftain of the Tasmanian east coast, Mannalargenna”.
Lambie said she shared “blood, culture and history through my mother Sue Lambie’s family”.Lambie said she shared “blood, culture and history through my mother Sue Lambie’s family”.
Her claim was shot down by the chairman of the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, Clyde Mansell, who told the ABC that Lambie was “not part” of the family.Her claim was shot down by the chairman of the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, Clyde Mansell, who told the ABC that Lambie was “not part” of the family.
“I’m a 65-year-old man and I’ve lived all my life being Aboriginal, and for the greatest part of my life I’ve done activities that allowed me to be looking at family trees of lots and lots of people, so it astounds me that Jacqui Lambie would make this claim,” Mansell said.“I’m a 65-year-old man and I’ve lived all my life being Aboriginal, and for the greatest part of my life I’ve done activities that allowed me to be looking at family trees of lots and lots of people, so it astounds me that Jacqui Lambie would make this claim,” Mansell said.
“That’s my family. And she’s not part of it.”“That’s my family. And she’s not part of it.”
However, speaking to reporters in Hobart on Monday, Lambie said: “I know what’s in my blood.However, speaking to reporters in Hobart on Monday, Lambie said: “I know what’s in my blood.
“If Mansell wants to take me on, I guess I’ll meet him up at the hospital and both have a DNA test and see how we go once and for all.”“If Mansell wants to take me on, I guess I’ll meet him up at the hospital and both have a DNA test and see how we go once and for all.”
The ABC reported that Lambie also called for an Indigenous quota in the Australian parliament, saying there should be up to five MPs in the House of Representatives and four in the Senate.The ABC reported that Lambie also called for an Indigenous quota in the Australian parliament, saying there should be up to five MPs in the House of Representatives and four in the Senate.
“They were the first people on the land in Australia and I think that out of respect to them we should give them a quota,” Lambie said.“They were the first people on the land in Australia and I think that out of respect to them we should give them a quota,” Lambie said.
Speaking in the context of Australia’s pledge to deploy forces to Iraq to fight Islamic State (Isis), Lambie said supporters of sharia law should pack their bags and leave Australia. Speaking in the context of Australia’s pledge to deploy forces to help dislodge Islamic State (Isis) from Iraq, Lambie said supporters of sharia law should pack their bags and leave Australia.
Sharia law influences the legal code in most Muslim countries and includes regulations to do with all aspects of Muslim life, including daily routines, religious and family obligations, marriage and financial dealings.Sharia law influences the legal code in most Muslim countries and includes regulations to do with all aspects of Muslim life, including daily routines, religious and family obligations, marriage and financial dealings.
But extremist groups such as Isis have become notorious for implementing hardline aspects of sharia law, including stonings and killings.But extremist groups such as Isis have become notorious for implementing hardline aspects of sharia law, including stonings and killings.
Lambie said any Australian who supported sharia law should not have the right to vote or get welfare payments.Lambie said any Australian who supported sharia law should not have the right to vote or get welfare payments.
“Anybody that is supporting or calling for sharia law in Australia should get out, simple as that,” she said.“Anybody that is supporting or calling for sharia law in Australia should get out, simple as that,” she said.
She said it was an “underlying problem” in Australian society.She said it was an “underlying problem” in Australian society.
“Unless we put our foot down on it now it will only become bigger and more dangerous,” she said.“Unless we put our foot down on it now it will only become bigger and more dangerous,” she said.