Queensland Liberal National Party leader apologises for racist Schoolies video

Deb Frecklington has acknowledged youth members of the Liberal National Party she leads made a racist video about Aboriginal culture.

Queensland LNP leader Deb Frecklington.

Queensland LNP leader Deb Frecklington. Source: AAP

The leader of the Liberal National Party in Queensland has apologised after members of her party's youth branch .

Deb Frecklington acknowledged the video and the remarks made within it about Aboriginal culture were racist and unacceptable.

Her admission and apology came a day after she refused to be drawn on the issue, instead repeating a line that it was inappropriate and her party would act.

Barclay McGain, chair of the youth branch on the Gold Coast, was filmed interviewing a teenager who made racist remarks about Aboriginal culture.
Gold Coast Young LNP chairman  Barclay McGain has been suspended from the party after the video surfaced online.
Gold Coast Young LNP chairman Barclay McGain was suspended from the party after the video surfaced online. Source: Supplied
A third young man put it online.

All three men are members of the Liberal National Party and have been suspended while an internal investigation is carried out.

Ms Frecklington said she believed they'd learnt their lesson.

It comes after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch had called on her to apologise.

Ms Frecklington responded by saying Ms Palaszczuk had unnecessarily inflamed the situation.


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Published 5 December 2019 4:32am
Updated 5 December 2019 6:14am

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