Labor frontbencher Malarndirri McCarthy has called a fellow Indigenous senator a "disgrace to your people" in a fiery exchange about funding for First Nations people.
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe used Senate estimates to push government officials about how money was being spent in the Northern Territory to support Indigenous communities, particularly younger people.
Rachael Jackson from the National Indigenous Australians Agency outlined how some of the cash had been assigned to the NT police force to help address safety and security concerns.
