Brendan Nelson (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, on indulgence, I wish to strongly associate the opposition with the remarks made by the Prime Minister in relation to the Northern Territory intervention to date and, in a spirit of bipartisanship, recognise the leadership shown by both the previous Prime Minister and the former member for Longman, Mr Mal Brough, in implementing the intervention and recognise the support from the then opposition in supporting it. I would also recognise that the apology offered by both sides of this parliament to the forcibly removed generations of Aboriginal children was an important step in the process, but we would not consider it the start.

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