Tony Abbott's remarks on Ken Wyatt spark row - The Australian

REMOTE indigenous leaders have backed Tony Abbott's call for traditional and cultural Aborigines to enter the federal parliament, saying only locals understand the bush properly, as a furore erupted over the Opposition Leader's attitude towards indigenous MP Ken Wyatt.

Yesterday Mr Abbott described Mr Wyatt, the first indigenous lower house MP, as an "urban Aboriginal" and said that the parliament should do more to encourage "authentic" indigenous representatives.