Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

A national summit, the call for which was made by the minister for Indigenous affairs, will be held next month—I have written to all premiers and chief ministers—and it is to get agreement on these points: to make sure that we are strong, tough and clear about stopping violence in Aboriginal communities. It will be reporting back to COAG and COAG will be involved in the procedure. Let there be no mistake about this: this government believes very strongly in protecting innocent children and women in Aboriginal communities and we will not let political correctness get in the way of that.

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