Aboriginal senator Jacinta Price slams welcome to country ceremony after Pauline Hanson fled Senate

New Aboriginal senator Jacinta Price has slammed welcome to country ceremonies for being token gestures and 'throwaway lines' - and backed Pauline Hanson after her walkout from the Senate on Wednesday. New Aboriginal senator Jacinta Price has slammed welcome to country ceremonies for being token gestures and 'throwaway lines' after Pauline Hanson's walkout from the Senate One Nation leader Pauline Hanson stormed out as Senate President Sue Lines acknowledged the indigenous comunity at Parliament's opening, yelling; 'No, I won't and never will' The former deputy mayor of Alice Springs was elected Country Liberal Party Senator for the Northern Territory and made her maiden speech in traditional costume on Wednesday. Ex-deputy mayor of Alice Springs Jacinta Price was elected Country Liberal Party Senator for the Northern Territory and made her emotional maiden speech in traditional costume 'I think I understand Pauline's frustrations. Senator Jacinta Price also opposes Labor's proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament, an elected body of First Nations representatives Senator Jacinta Price admitted the welcome to country and acknowledgement of country ceremonies had reached the point of overkill 'We've not needed the paternalistic approach this government is proposing to improve our lives, because we've got there ourselves, like everybody else, and that's what we need to do.