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Lambie blames 'tribal war' for questions over Indigenous heritage

Jacqui Lambie has blamed a "tribal war" for a dispute over her Indigenous heritage, and warned an Aboriginal elder who challenged her claim to "watch your step with me".
In her maiden speech to the Senate last week, Senator Lambie said she could trace her roots to the Mannalargenna people of Tasmania's east coast.
But Mannalargenna man Clyde Mansell from the Aboriginal Land Council branded the claims "absolutely outrageous and scandalous".
Senator Lambie has hit back, saying her Aboriginal heritage goes back centuries and adding: "It's a tribal war I will say in Tasmania when it comes to Mansell's group and the rest of us."

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