Linda Burney, the first indigenous woman to be elected to the federal House of Representatives has labelled comments made by One Nation Party leader Pauline Hanson as ignorant.
The first Indigenous woman to be elected to the federal House of Representatives says public statements by Pauline Hanson show the One Nation party leader is ignorant.
Ms Hanson is set to return to the federal parliament after almost 20 years after claiming a senate seat in Saturday's election.
This week she said Islam was an ideology, not a religion, and that the New South Wales seat of Hurstville had been flooded with Asian migrants.
Newly-elected Indigenous M-P Linda Burney won the seat of Barton, an area that encompasses Hurstville.
She has told the A-B-C she won't tolerate Ms Hanson's views.
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"You cannot excuse stupidity for ignorance and that's what is being displayed. I think there is alot of apologising going on about her at the moment. That we've got to negotiate, that we've got to understand that she represents people with these views. But it does not mean that you have to accept those view or tolerate them. And I will not be doing that."
