Foreign minister Bob Carr has been directly challenged in a public hearing over his weak position on the human rights crisis in West Papua.
Greens Senator Richard Di Natale clashed with Carr during a Senates Estimates committee hearing.
Carr tried to blame The Greens and Australian human rights activists for inciting "false hope" that West Papua might one day achieve independence from Indonesia.
In response Senator Di Natalie called Mr Carr's view "incredibly patronising and incredibly arrogant".
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