Mr Pike made the comments after being asked about the party’s stance on recognising Indigenous people in the constitution.

“Governments trying to divide us by race are doing a disservice to future of Australia,” Mr Pike said.

“Regardless of background, regardless of ideology, regardless of how long your forebears have lived in this country, every single person born in Australia is an equal indigenous citizen of this country.

“Everyone should be subject to same laws, the same conditions, the same rights and the same opportunity to share in wealth, end of story.”

The Donald Trump-style party’s Farrer candidate said Aboriginal people were better off when he was a young man working in outback Queensland and northwestern Australia.

“Back then virtually all the Aboriginal people were virtually better educated than they now are and they were treated much better than they now are,” Mr Pike said.

“What destroyed Aboriginal people in recent times was basically Gough Whitlam saying ‘we have to give you land’ and all that and you go back and try and live what is effectively in the past and it’s called Aboriginal culture.

“Aboriginal culture has got no future for the Aboriginal people.”

Mr Pike said the only future for Aboriginal people was to accept they were “equal indigenous citizens who should be treated no different”.

“(They need to) accept that and become competitive, it’s a competitive world out there and they have to accept that, take advantage of the education this country provides and become a competitive citizen in this society,” he said.

“We have disadvantaged them by allowing them, with our money, taxpayer money, to try and live in a culture that is unsustainable.

“The only future for Aboriginal heritage is to be part of the Australian nation.”

Greens candidate for Farrer, Amanda Cohn, slammed the comments, calling them “insensitive and un-Australian”.

“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have lived in Australia for tens of thousands of years and have a rich and diverse culture,” Ms Cohn said.

“Following atrocities like massacres, forced removal of children from their families and deaths in custody, our governments and institutions have worked tirelessly to engage productively with Aboriginal communities, build trust, and address the staggering inequality affecting Indigenous Australians.”

Ms Cohn said Mr Pike’s comments were “a step backwards”.

“Australia is a great multicultural nation; implying that one culture should be imposed on another is unacceptable and demonstrates a complete disrespect for cultures and beliefs other than his own,” she said.

“Mr Pike's recent comments regarding our Muslim communities are also unacceptable. 

“One of the best things about our country is that we have freedom of religion.”