Labor senator apologises after sharing 'all lives matter' post on social media

Labor Senator Helen Polley has apologised for reposting an "all lives matter" image to social media.

Labor Senator Helen Polley during Question Time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, November 30, 2017. Source: AAP

A federal Labor senator has apologised for sharing an “all lives matter” post on social media, a day after tens of thousands of Australians marched in cities around the country in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Helen Polley, who has represented Tasmania in the federal Senate since 2005, shared an image on Facebook last week with the words: “instead of black lives matter, how about all every life matters no matter what the colour of your skin is”.

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