Linda Burney (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

On 21 May just gone, there was an election—an election that the Labor Party won because of the issue of integrity. That was one of the main issues people were voting on in that election.

Indigenous rangers are a fundamental part of caring for country. We on this side of the House have a commitment to double the number of Indigenous rangers and also to increase Aboriginal protected areas by 10. That is the commitment on this side of the House, not to mention justice reinvestment and not to mention the enormous amount of money we're putting into Central Australia to deal with issues that are very difficult. The point that you raise about the rangers not being covered—

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