Penny Wong has urged Britain to confront its colonial past in landmark speech

Senator Wong said both Australia and the UK have multicultural ties that will help relations in the Indo-Pacific.Foreign Minister Penny Wong has urged the United Kingdom to confront its colonial past in the Indo-Pacific as Britain pushes ahead with a tilt towards the region.

She said the "modern face" of both Australia and Britain display a plethora of cultures, and must be understood for the countries to progress in the Indo-Pacific. "Such stories can sometimes feel uncomfortable – for those whose stories they are, and for those who hear them," she said.

FFS a lot of Brits have paid with their lives in the last 100 years or so for her to be in the position she is in today. Typical politician not thinking, rubbish talk.

Penny and her family are colonisers. Penny is projecting.

Dear UK, we apologise for this utter embarrassment who represents no one but her failed self.

Does Penny Wong think that her grandmother was the only one who worked as a domestic servant. My grandmother was born in Tasmania and she worked as a domestic servant. Wong just wants us to become a socialist country.

Millions of immigrants have directly benefited from & have empowered the colonisation of Australia. Penny being one of those people. I hope she is apologising for the role her ancestors played in marginalising aboriginals.

Would that be in ww11 when the Americans, Brits & Anzacs protected Australia from the Japanese? or would it have been when the Brits went to defend China in ww11? Short memory darling!

英国很虚伪，就像英国王室

Such a brave and strong person. Please make her PM soon

She’s complaining about a system that in two generations has uplifted her family from domestic servants to senior politicians? Let’s all join in a resounding response YOU ARE WELCOME!!!

Flip your thinking Penny your history has enabled you to be where you are today! How fortunate you are!

British over 70 have serious toxic unconscious bias

Penny making this all about Penny - as she has done her entire career.

...why don't you instead call out the Gongfei Wumao CCP darling ? Speak up for the Uyghers or are you deaf & mute ? SenatorWong

Penny Wong is an absolute legend!

A communist nobody trying to be relevant.

Who does this thing think it is?

It’s a bitter pill that not many can swallow. Just look at all these bitter responses. Colonialism is what it is. White supremacy is what it is.

They are about to anoint their wholly King soon, I doubt giving them a lecture when you can’t manage your own backyard is anything but arrogance.

Colonisation was inevitable and in many ways a good thing. It has always happened. We can not be guilty of the crimes of our ancestors.

You were elected to represent Australia, not crap on about yourself as usual

That 'chequered past' has meant for her personally in two generations her parents went from domestic servants to the Foreign Minister of one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Name another period in history where people's lives could change so much in two generations

Here she goes sucking up to China, I think France,Japan and China have far worse histories in the Pacific

well said and she is not the only one feeling uncomfortable

Has she been dropped on her head ?

There is nothing chequered about their past unless every country on the planet also have a chequered past thus leaving her comment meaningless. At least the British gave us the one of the greatest nations on earth, Australia.

Yet she is a member of a government that is part of the ongoing colonialism, and can't see why China is so rightfully concerned about the hegemony of the U.S.A.

I'm nor sure why now , what's the background or reason for her addressing this now . She is 100 % correct to do so though amd has my support !!!

Well done!

Britain, Australia, and Western communities around the world must confront their human rights abuses on non-Westerners over the centuries for an easy life. Lest We Forget!

Biting the hand that fed her/it/whatever

But she's alright?

Wong should concentrate on righting the faults caused by the woke agenda and correcting the bureaucratic fiasco in Alice Springs rather than pandering to the mass murdering chinese and middle eastern governments

Thank you SenatorWong

Wonderful person , knows everything and tells us …

Penny Wong is ditching Australian's reliance on the UK & US in favor of the patchwork of tiny and frail states in pacific? Labor voters, you must be proud 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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