Article 4K226 On Indigenous recognition and reconciliation, Scott Morrison faces test of leadership | Katharine Murphy

On Indigenous recognition and reconciliation, Scott Morrison faces test of leadership | Katharine Murphy

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Katharine Murphy Political editor
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It's not clear whether the prime minister will sink his personal capital into a positive outcome, or run from the fight

Let's start this weekend with Ken Wyatt. When Wyatt addressed the National Press Club on Wednesday, he recounted the moment when Scott Morrison offered him the job of minister for Indigenous Australians. The first Indigenous person to hold the ministry was out by the Hills Hoist, hanging up the sheets, when the call came.

Wyatt described the feeling of being so overcome by emotion he couldn't speak. He had expected to be offered his old spot in the ministry, aged care, not the Indigenous portfolio.

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