Under-fire Aboriginal Affairs Minister Punch reveals letters of support, but there’s a sting in the fine print

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Under siege Aboriginal Affairs Minister Don Punch has used a letter from an elder to show how well he’s doing, but failed to highlight it also calls him out for dragging his feet on key cultural issues.

Embattled Labor MP Don Punch has released a letter by an Aboriginal Elder calling him out for dragging his feet on key cultural issues while attempting to use it as proof he has the support of Indigenous community members. The Aboriginal Affairs Minister on Thursday tabled to Parliament an email he had received from Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation Pilbara deputy co-chair Doris Eaton, who wrote “many of the items” she had discussed during his visit in July were “yet to be fully addressed or realised”.

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