Greens leader Adam Bandt has come under fire after one of his staffers moved the Australian flag out of shot before a press conference on Monday.

Mr Bandt was asked about the move, saying the Australian flag was a hurtful symbol to many Indigenous Australians.

“For many Australians, this flag represents dispossession and the lingering pains of colonisation,” he said.

Ahead of a press conference with Greens leader Adam Bandt, a Greens staffer has just moved the Australian flag out of the TV camera shot. #auspol pic.twitter.com/g524GbpKKH

— Isobel Roe (@isobelroe) June 20, 2022

Northern Territory Country Liberal Party Senator Jacinta Price, a Warlpiri/Celtic woman, called his comments “divisive”.

“His rhetoric and his behaviour is incredibly divisive,” she said.

“I am completely over individuals like Bandt who continue to virtue signal and act as if they know Indigenous Australians … not only that but continue to paint Indigenous Australians as though we are helpless victims who can only be rescued by people like himself.”

She said the move does nothing to address the issues facing marginalised Indigenous Australians are faced with.

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Neil Breen has slammed the move from the Greens leader.

“What he did yesterday was a disgraceful act.”

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